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Desk Set is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Walter Lang released in USA on 5 january 1957 with Katharine Hepburn

Desk Set (1957)

Desk Set
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Released in USA 5 january 1957
Length 1h43
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Romantic comedy,    Romance
Rating71% 3.597853.597853.597853.597853.59785

Desk Set (released as His Other Woman in the UK) is a 1957 American romantic comedy film directed by Walter Lang and starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The screenplay was written by Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron from the play by William Marchant.

Synopsis

Desk Set takes place at the "Federal Broadcasting Network" (exterior shots are of Rockefeller Center, headquarters of NBC). Bunny Watson (Katharine Hepburn) is in charge of its reference library, which is responsible for researching and answering questions on all manner of topics, such as the names of Santa's reindeer. She has been involved for seven years with rising network executive Mike Cutler (Gig Young), with no marriage in sight.

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