This classic romantic comedy was the first film in the long collaboration between Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. As intellectual, political columnist Tess Harding (Hepburn) and down-to-earth sportswriter Sam Craig (Tracy), they work at the same New York paper. After Tess makes some negative comments about sports on the radio, the two trade barbs in print. Then their editor, Clayton (Reginald Owen), brings them together to make peace. They do so with a vengeance, immediately becoming infatuated with each other. Sam takes Tess to her first baseball game where she quickly ingratiates herself with the other fans, and is surprised to find herself enjoying the proceedings. She invites Sam to her apartment for the evening, but his eagerness is dampened when he finds a couple of dozen of her friends there as well. Despite their differences, and Tess' busy schedule, the two continue to see each other, and the relationship deepens. When the couple decide to marry, Sam finds his desire for a simple, traditional ceremony overridden by the demands of Tess' schedule, and those of her illustrious relatives, which require that the wedding take place almost immediately, in North Carolina. Hepburn and Tracy perform at their peaks, with peerless direction by Stevens, and a wittily observant script. The film's insights on the battle of the sexes come from young screenwriter Ring Lardner Jr., who witnessed the relationship between his legendary sportswriter father and the equally famous columnist Dorothy Thompson.

Sam Craig and Tess Harding could be a match made in heaven. Co-workers at a New York daily newspaper, he's an attractive, stable sportswriter and she's a glamorous international news correspondent. They've been an item for a while but these two over-achievers can't stop working long enough to spend five quiet minutes together. When they finally do, Tess and Sam decide to tie the knot. But Tess is so busy dining with dignitaries and dealing with diplomats, Sam may start to think she's out of his league.

WOMAN OF THE YEAR was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1999.

The first teaming of film legends Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn.

A Joseph L. Mankiewicz production.

Additional cast: Ludwig Stossel, Sara Haden, Edith Evanson, George Kezas.

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Full Frame - 1.33
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Dolby Digital Mono - English
Dolby Digital Mono - French
Dolby Digital Mono - Spanish
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Katharine Hepburn: Oscar-winning American actress, ON GOLDEN POND, THE PHILADEL
Spencer Tracy: Oscar winning american actor, BOYS TOWN
Fay Bainter: American Actress
Reginald Owen: British Character Actor
William Bendix: American Actor
Minor Watson: American Character Actor
Gladys Blake: 
Dan Tobin: American Character Actor

George Stevens: American director/producer, SWING TIME (1936), GIANT (1956)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz: American director

Ring Lardner: American screenwriter, WOMAN OF THE YEAR/M.A.S.H.
Michael Kanin: Screenwriter/Producer

Franz Waxman: Film composer

Frank Sullivan: Film editor not actor.