
In the lower-middle-class Adams family, father and son are happy to work in a drugstore, but mother and daughter Alice try every possible social-climbing stratagem despite snubs and embarrassment. When Alice finally meets her dream man Arthur, mother nags father into a risky business venture and plans to impress Alice's beau with an "upscale" family dinner. Will the excruciating results drive Arthur away?

Katharine Hepburn
Alice Adams

Fred MacMurray
Arthur Russell

Fred Stone
Virgil Adams

Evelyn Venable
Mildred 'Georgette' Palmer

Frank Albertson
Walter Adams

Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Adams

Charley Grapewin
J. A. Lamb

Grady Sutton
Frank Dowling

Hedda Hopper
Mrs. Palmer

Jonathan Hale
Mr. Palmer

Hattie McDaniel
Malena Burns - Maid Serving Dinner

Zeffie Tilbury
Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)

Crime of Passion
Crime of Passion

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Cape Fear
Cape Fear

The Gift
The Gift

The Time Machine
The Time Machine

Dinner to Die For
Dinner to Die For

Offseason
Offseason

The Mothman Prophecies
The Mothman Prophecies

A Christmas Mystery
A Christmas Mystery

A Woman of the World
A Woman of the World

Cookie's Fortune
Cookie's Fortune

My Mom's New Boyfriend
My Mom's New Boyfriend