Genre:
Romance
Release Date: 05/04/2004
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: 2/1
Run Time: 103 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
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 merrily begins issuing pink termination slips. But something is obviously amiss: the computer not only fires the ladies, but also the head of the network--and Tracy, who isn't even on the company payroll! At this point, Tracy explains that the computer was designed to help Hepburn and her staff and not replace them; he also confesses that, given the pink-slip incident, this might not have been such a hot idea. But Hepburn, who has fallen in love with Tracy, is in just the right mood to forgive him--and doesn't need to consult her research files to come up with this decision.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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