Desk Set
Summary:
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 Blonde... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Spencer Tracy - (Richard Sumner)
Katharine Hepburn - (Bunny Watson)
Gig Young - (Mike Cutler)
Joan Blondell - (Peg Costello)
Dina Merrill - (Sylvia Blair)
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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 experienc... Continue >>
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