Pat und Mike (1952)

the sun will sneak by a rooster before sports promoter mike conovan lets opportunity pas him by. so the first time he sees genteel pat pemberton swing a five-iron, he decides to ink her to a pro contract. "not much meat on her", mike later says, "but what's there is cherce."
for thic chercest of romantic comedies, george cukor directs, ruth gordon and garson kanin provide the oscar -nominated screenplay and a deft cast plays various damon runyonesque types, including aldo ray as a dim-bulb palloka and charles (bronson) buchinski as a tough guy who finds pat tougher. sports stars of the day (like babe didrikson zaharias and gussie moran) add to the jocks-and-jills fun. let the games begin!