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Overview

User Rating:
7.2/10   2,566 votes
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Director:
Walter Lang
Writers:
Phoebe Ephron (screenplay) and
Henry Ephron (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
1 May 1957 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
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Plot:
Two extremely strong personalities clash over the computerization of a TV network's research department. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Office Politics - Then, Now and Forever more

Cast

  (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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
His Other Woman (UK)
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Runtime:
103 min | Germany:98 min | Argentina:102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo | Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #18461) | Canada:G (video rating) | Finland:S | Argentina:Atp | UK:U

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Trivia:
Adapted from a Broadway play "The Desk Set" that originally starred Shirley Booth, Byron Sanders and Frank Milan. The stage production opened at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York on Oct. 24, 1955 and ran for 296 performances. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When EMERAC begins to print out "Curfew Must not Ring Tonight," Bunny Watson says, "That old poem has about 80 stanzas." In fact, it has 10 stanzas, of 6 lines each. more
Quotes:
Richard Sumner: Tough question?
Bunny Watson: No... (chewing)... Tough roast beef.
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Movie Connections:
References "Lassie" (1954) more
Soundtrack:
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing more

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22 out of 25 people found the following comment useful:-
Office Politics - Then, Now and Forever, 7 October 1999
10/10
Author: KOALA-18 from Michigan, USA

Although "computer" dated, this film is the most accurate depiction of office politics I have ever seen.

Having worked in several well-supervised office departments, the environment that a truly gifted supervisor (Hepburn's character) can create is there for all to see. The upper management attitude of keeping workers in the dark as to developmental plans for the company/department and the havoc that philosophy can wreak on morale and gossip was very satisfying and enjoying to watch. (If only management could learn from this lesson.)

Although the stereotypical "office gossip" is almost too delightfully portrayed, the "cliques" and flow of gossip is so true to today's office environment that someone just entering the work force could view this film as an education.

Of course, Tracy and Hepburn, along with a wonderful supporting cast, make this a very entertaining viewing experience.

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