Garson Kanin

When Midwesterner Pete Hammond Jr. (Tony Curtis) moves to New York to become a jazz musician, he discovers that the big city is treacherous, although his tentative friendship with forlorn taxi dancer Peggy Brown (Debbie Reynolds) encourages him to persevere despite the obstacles. Peggy, who's being pressured by her boss (Don Rickles) to become a prostitute, is so buoyed by Pete's optimism that she takes a big risk to help him achieve his dreams.

Judy Holliday stars as Gladys Glover, a young woman who wants to make a name for herself, so she rents a billboard on Columbus Circle and advertises her name. When a wealthy soap manufacturer tries to wrestle the billboard away from Gladys he finds himself falling in love with her.

Faced with a career that is stalling out, unemployed actress and model Gladys Glover (Judy Holliday) puts all her money into renting a prominent Manhattan billboard that quickly brings her some much-needed exposure. Wanting the space for his new ad campaign, soap company executive Evan Adams III (Peter Lawford) proposes a trade, giving Gladys more billboard locations for her publicity campaign. Much to the dismay of her boyfriend, documentary filmmaker Pete Sheppard (Jack Lemmon), Gladys' popularity soars under the now-smitten Adams, who helps land the talk show appearances and commercials that make her name a household item. But after Pete bolts in disgust, in the end, Gladys realizes that he is the man she really wants to marry.

Oscar-winners Spencer Tracy ("Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde," "Bad Day at Black Rock") and Katharine Hepburn ("The Philadelphia Story," "The African Queen") ignite the screen in this hilarious war of the sexes. Tracy is a gruff sports promoter who tries in vain to turn outspoken Hepburn into a competitive athlete. Things get delighfully complicated when they fall in love. An all-star supporting cast includes Jim Backus ("Gilligan's Island," "Rebel without a Cause"), Chuck Connors ("The Rifleman") and the screen debut of Charles Bronson ("The Dirty Dozen," "Death Wish"). Directed by Oscar-winner George Cukor ("My Fair Lady") and nominated for Best Story.