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Desk Set

Directed by Walter Lang

ComedyRomance

A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.

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Richard Sumner

Katharine Hepburn

Bunny Watson

Mike Cutler

Peg Costello

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Cyril J. Mockridge

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Desk Set is about a computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.

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Walter Lang directed Desk Set.

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