 According to author Garson Kanin (qv) in his memoir "Tracy and  Hepburn", Katharine Hepburn (qv) was reportedly so furious at the  way Montgomery Clift (qv) was treated by Sam Spiegel (I) (qv)  and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (qv) during the filming that, after  making sure that she would not be needed for retakes, she told both  men off and actually spat at them (although it remains unclear just  which one of the two she spat at, or if she spat at both.)