The legendary screen duo of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn bring their keen comic timing and elegant, palpable chemistry to Walter Lang's DESK SET. Hepburn is cast as Bunny Watson, an exceedingly feminine reference librarian in a longtime lukewarm relationship with TV executive Mike Cutler (Gig Young). Tracy plays Richard Sumner, a hardheaded computer whiz who has designed a system named Miss Emmy to replace Bunny and the rest of her staff. Bunny and Richard clash at first, but their fiery encounters soon begin to take on an unmistakably romantic glow. Lang's film features an excellent script by Henry and Phoebe Ephron, adapted from the play by William Marchant. The sharp, hilarious dialogue is delivered with flair by Tracy and Hepburn, who had played opposite each other seven times before filming began. Fine work from supporting actors Young and Joan Blondell, as well as some unintentionally amusing 1950s conceptions of a computerized world, round out DESK SET's overflowing collection of buoyant charms.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Mono - English
Mono - French
Mono - Spanish
Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Dina Merrill - Star, Neva Patterson - Star
Movietone News:
1. "Designers Inspired For New Creation By Film 'Desk Set'"
Trailers:
1. Theatrical Trailer
2. "Studio Classics"

Spencer Tracy: Oscar winning american actor, BOYS TOWN
Katharine Hepburn: Oscar-winning American actress, ON GOLDEN POND, THE PHILADEL
Joan Blondell: American actress, THE BLUE VEIL, THREE ON A MATCH
Gig Young: American Actor
Dina Merrill: American Supporting Actress
Neva Patterson: American Character Actress

Walter Lang: American Director

Henry Ephron: 

Henry Ephron: 
Phoebe Ephron: 

Cyril Mockridge: 

Walter M. Scott: American Set Decorator
Paul S. Fox: Production Designer

Robert Simpson: 

"...This has obvious stage origins, but note how polished the playing is in the duo's rooftop lunch scene..."
"The real reason to watch this movie is, of course, for the sexily smart, perfectly timed comic interplay that is the hallmark of all Spencer Tracy-Katherine Hepburn pairings."
"[T]his 1957 farce is still rollicking good fun."
"[I]t's in some ways more fun to watch today than it was then."