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Desk Set Details

1957

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Starring	Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young, Joan Blondell
Director	Walter Lang
Genres	Comedy

Desk Set

Bunny Watson heads up a research department at the Federal Broadcasting Company, a major, TV network. And she does her job very well, thank you very much. Assigned by the network president to introduce computers into some of the department's functions, Richard Sumner arrives at Bunny's well-run division to observe daily activities. Unfortunately, Sumner is ordered to keep his mission a secret. As a result the whole staff believes they are being replaced... a classic romantic comedy

Starring	Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young, Joan Blondell, Dina Merrill
Director	Walter Lang
Studio	20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 39 mins
Certificate
Genres	Comedy
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1957 To Rent: DVD: 01 Aug 2004

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  A gentle, dated romantic comedy
  
  Not exactly one for the ages, but a pleasant enough diversion. Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracey have good chemistry, but the plot is threadbare thin, the ... read more »
  
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  Game, Set and Match
  
  A hit on Broadway, the plot is a little thin about an efficiency expert brought in to try to modernise a radio station's reference section. Spencer Tracey ... read more »
  
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  The Original Romantic Comedy
  
  Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy are the original romantic comedy duo with more chemistry in one witty reparte than most rom-coms deliver in 90 minutes. If ... read more »
  
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  - 27 Nov 2009 at 13:47
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  Sparkling
  
  Hepburn and Tracy pull it off again! Witty, well crafted and acted by all concerned. They certainly don't make them like this anymore.
  
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  Bunny Watson heads up a research department at the Federal Broadcasting Company, a major, TV network. And she does her job very well, thank you very much. Assigned by the network president to introduce computers into some of the department's functions, Richard Sumner arrives at Bunny's well-run ...