from Columbia Pictures
Directed by
Stanley Kramer
Starring
Spencer
Tracy (Matt Drayton)
Sidney
Poitier (John Wade Prentice)
Katharine
Hepburn (Christina Drayton)
Katharine Houghton (Joey Drayton)
Cecil Kellaway (Monsignor Ryan)
Beah Richards (Mrs. Prentice)
Roy E. Glenn Sr. (Mr. Prentice)
Isabel Sanford (Tillie)
Virginia Christine (Hilary St. George)
Alexandra Hay (Carhop)
Barbara Randolph (Dorothy)
D'Urville Martin (Frankie)
Tom Heaton (Peter)
Grace Gaynor (Judith)
John Hudkins (Cab Driver)
Written by
William Rose |
 In this
cinema classic, a young woman named Joey Drayton (Katharine Houghton)
brings home her fiance John Wade Prentice (Sidney Poitier) to
meet her parents. When the man turns out to be a distinguished
black doctor, the "liberal" parents (Katharine Hepburn
and Spencer Tracy) are forced to reexamine their beliefs regarding
interracial marriage. This was Spencer Tracy's last film. Academy
Award® Nominations: 10, including Best Picture, Best Director,
Best Actor--Spencer Tracy. Academy Awards®: Best Actress--Katharine
Hepburn, Best (Original) Story and Screenplay.
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