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Desk Set

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Desk Set
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NR,1hr 43min
Genres:
Comedy,Romance
Released:
January 1, 1957
Director:
Walter Lang
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Starring:
Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young  ...more
Synopsis: Based on the Broadway play by Robert Fryer and Lawrence Carr, Desk Set represents the eighth screen teaming of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn plays the head of a TV network research department; Tracy plays an efficiency expert, hired to modernize Hepburn's operation. When Tracy has a huge computer installed, Hepburn and her co-workers (including Joan Blondell and Sue "Miss Landers" Randall) fear that they're going to lose their jobs. Their suspicions are confirmed when the computer ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Among the weaker of the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn films, Desk Set is nonetheless an enjoyable and entertaining trifle. Inevitably dated, the topical film (and play upon which it was based) probably packed more punch when initially released; even today, however, there's more than enough here to make this a worthwhile viewing experience. Chief among its assets, of course, are the stars and their ... Full Review
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Spencer Tracy
Richard Sumner
Katharine Hepburn
Bunny Watson
Gig Young
Mike Cutler
Joan Blondell
Peg Costello
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