 Katharine Hepburn (qv) wanted William Wyler (qv) to direct the  movie (at the suggestion of George Cukor (qv)), but producer  Pandro S. Berman (qv) favored George Stevens (I) (qv). Rumor has  it that it was decided by the toss of a coin. In fact, Berman  remembers that Wyler actually won the coin toss, but Stevens had  completely won Hepburn over by that time, so when she saw that Wyler  won the toss she had a look of disappointment on her face. The coin  was tossed again, and this time Stevens won and he directed the  picture.