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Overview
Release Date:
1 May 1957 (USA) moreTagline:
Make the office a wonderful place to love in!Plot:
Two extremely strong personalities clash over the computerization of a TV network's research department. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
fighting battles all around her - K Hepburn moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Spencer Tracy | ... | Richard Sumner | |
| Katharine Hepburn | ... | Bunny Watson | |
| Gig Young | ... | Mike Cutler | |
| Joan Blondell | ... | Peg Costello | |
| Dina Merrill | ... | Sylvia Blair | |
| Sue Randall | ... | Ruthie Saylor | |
| Neva Patterson | ... | Miss Warriner | |
| Harry Ellerbe | ... | Smithers | |
| Nicholas Joy | ... | Mr. Azae | |
| Diane Jergens | ... | Alice | |
| Merry Anders | ... | Cathy | |
| Ida Moore | ... | Old Lady | |
| Rachel Stephens | ... | Receptionist |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
103 min | Germany:98 min | Argentina:102 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Canada:G (video rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #18461) | Finland:S | Argentina:Atp | UK:UFilming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA moreMOVIEmeter: 
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This is the first film that Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn did in color and the 8th of the nine films where they starred together. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Before Bunny Watson turns to ask Richard Sumner her question during the Christmas party, she puts the bottle on the desk, but in the next shot, she is holding it again. moreQuotes:
Ruthie Saylor: [Talking about Richard Sumner as he tape measures the office] Do you think we're being redecorated?Sylvia Blair: Does he look like an interior decorator to you?
Peg Costello: No. He looks like one of those men who suddenly switched to vodka!
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Fun, fast, clever script for Katherine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy. She even calls him "darling" a couple times (by accident, I think). Katherine is the head of the studio reference and research department. Suddenly, Spencer Tracy appears, measuring and asking questions. While fearing for her job, this same guy starts challenging her job-skills. The roof-top lunch scene is GREAT... Sumner (played by Tracy) gives Bunny (Hepburn) a trivia test, and she proves to be his superior in many ways! it's fun to watch him squirm as she explains how she comes up with her answers. Then there is the battle of the boyfriends as Bunny tries to make her boss/boyfriend jealous. There are some running gags, such as the little old lady that keeps walking through the office, the plant in Bunny's office, and everyone keeps calling to ask one question over and over during the office Christmas party. Lots of fun, and the typical over the top ending at the finish.