Spencer Tracy,
Katharine Hepburn,
Gig Young,
Joan Blondell,
Dina Merrill
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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 depa... read more
DVD Release Date: May 4, 2004
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July 4, 2011What I really appreciated in this movie was that Hepburn was like - what, 50? - and Tracy approaching 60, and they could still create a magic movie that never, ever alludes to their age (which modern studio execs, particularly Nancy Meyers, would absolutely leap on). Also, I thin... read more
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November 17, 2010Even people today can relate to the problems of modernization in the workplace, which is what this movie deals with, but in a humourous way. Hepburn and Tracy are great together as always, and this movie is a lot of fun.
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July 24, 2010It is always fun to watch Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Imagine a movie about a computer replacing staff researchers!
Actually, the movie is a bit silly. Of course, Tracy and Hepburn fall for each other, so the computer story-line is only a side issue. -
April 4, 2007the best of the tracy-hepburn movies with a wonderful supporting cast. Did Joan Blondell ever give a bad performance?
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November 28, 2010The performances of Tracy and Hepburn - and sometimes the writing - make Desk Set an addictive watch, but to be totally frank it's also a pretty awful film and the computer angle must have seemed ridiculous even in 1957.
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April 4, 2009Katherine Hepburn's character is a little pathetic at time the way she clings to this loser guy but this is a really good movie wtih some very sharp humor.
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December 3, 2008Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn never did a bad film together. Desk Set is a sophisticated, light-hearted comedy that leads to the inevitable but ever refreshing romance angle between our two leading stars. The supporting cast is excellent and this almost qualifies as a holid... read more
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May 10, 2007This movie is just fun and enjoyable. It's got fun and intelligent characters and funny parts and scenes and stuff. I enjoy watching it.
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March 12, 2007Made 50 years ago, Desk Set still holds as one of the best comedy/romantic comedy films ever. Tracy and Hepburn are the best. I never pass this one up when it is on tv. I'm not sure what the major appeal of the flick is, but I f*cking love the idea of where they work. In the ... read more
Critic Reviews
March 25, 2006
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
January 1, 2000
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The least, perhaps, of the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn collaborations...this 1957 comedy is nevertheless a bright and witty vehicle for its stars, directed well and anonymously by that fine old ha... Full Review
July 6, 2007
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Mildly amusing but not great comedy, penned by the Ephrons from a stage play, this eighth teaming of Tracy and Hepburn places the battle of the sexes in the workplace against the threat of new technol... Full Review
May 26, 2006
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
Desk Set is a big, shiny, doohickey coasting on the warm offerings of earlier triumphs. Full Review
November 23, 2005
Carol Cling, Las Vegas Review-Journal
The Spence & Kate show starts to show its age.
April 29, 2004
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
Desk Set is quaintly funny and has a few memorable moments...it's ultimately harmless fun with a gossamer message about technology and gender roles. Full Review
April 16, 2004
Bill Chambers, Film Freak Central
You'd never find a backer for a rom-com with this little relationship anxiety now Full Review
March 10, 2003
Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
One of the great Tracy-Hepburn pairings, this adaptation from the Broadway stage focuses on the love that grows from the contentious relationship... Full Review
October 28, 2002
Robert Roten, Laramie Movie Scope
One of the better Tracy-Hepburn screen pairings.
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