sentences:  "Designing Woman" ended up being one of both Bacall and Peck's more successful films both critically and commercially, with Bosley Crowther of "The New York Times" comparing the leading couple with Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy and stating, "(the film) obviously endeavors to generate the same kind of verve and general sardonic humor as flowed from that older comedy team.It does, too — at least, in certain stretches.