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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   10,005 votes
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Director:
Stanley Kramer
Writer:
William Rose (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
12 December 1967 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
a love story of today
Plot:
Matt and Christina Drayton are a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 20 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(9 articles)
Today In Movie History: Guess Who’S Comming To Dinner
 (From Hollywood Outbreak. 11 December 2008, 7:30 AM, PST)

Gere Won't Be Coming To Dinner
 (From WENN. 17 September 2008, 12:04 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
A Great Film, But Possibly the Most Controversial Production Ever. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Spencer Tracy ... Matt Drayton

Sidney Poitier ... Dr. John Wade Prentice

Katharine Hepburn ... Christina Drayton
Katharine Houghton ... Joey Drayton
Cecil Kellaway ... Monsignor Ryan
Beah Richards ... Mrs. Prentice
Roy Glenn ... Mr. Prentice (as Roy E. Glenn, Sr.)

Isabel Sanford ... Tillie (as Isabell Sanford)
Virginia Christine ... Hilary St. George
Alexandra Hay ... Carhop
Barbara Randolph ... Dorothy
D'Urville Martin ... Frankie
Tom Heaton ... Peter
Grace Gaynor ... Judith
Skip Martin ... Delivery Boy
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Additional Details

Runtime:
108 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Katharine Hepburn's character's daughter is played by Hepburn's actual niece Katharine Houghton more
Goofs:
Continuity: The car that Tracey backs into already has a dent in the front door panel. During the accident the relative position of the two cars and the number of dents in the side panels change with each change in shot. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
John: You know, I just had a thought. Why don't I go check into a hotel and get some rest, and you go find your folks?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Bewitched: Cousin Serena Strikes Again: Part 1 (#5.15)" (1969) more
Soundtrack:
Glory of Love more

FAQ

Is "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" based on a novel?
Was this film Spencer Tracy's last?
Getting married after only 10 days of knowing each other? That's crazy!
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19 out of 32 people found the following comment useful:-
A Great Film, But Possibly the Most Controversial Production Ever., 26 July 2002
Author: tfrizzell from United States

Risky film that could only sport the biggest and most respected names in Hollywood at the time. Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton have fallen in love and are all set to get married, but Poitier is African-American and Houghton is white. Get the picture? The couple's parents (Roy Glenn and Oscar-nominee Beah Richards as Poitier's parents and Oscar-winner Katharine Hepburn and Oscar-nominee Spencer Tracy as Houghton's) try to cope with the situation as the two seem determined to be together. Poitier knows the complications while Houghton seems really naive and innocent about the whole situation. Catholic priest Cecil Kellaway (also Oscar-nominated) tries to get the parents to understand what their children are feeling. A film that spawned controversy and more controversy in 1967 and still a film that strikes a nerve in many circles even today. The film just added to the excellence of Hepburn and Poitier while Houghton became more of an outcast in Hollywood. Many say that the movie drove Tracy to an early grave as he died shortly after production and did not even get to hear that he had received an Oscar nod. Stanley Kramer's striking direction and the Oscar-winning screenplay are both right on target. "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" is a production that tackles interracial relationships in a frank and intriguing manner. The film is not kind to the older generations and it is also not kind to religious figures getting caught up in non-religious affairs. A strong film that stands strong with the other great films of 1967 ("In the Heat of the Night", "Bonnie and Clyde", "The Graduate", "In Cold Blood"). 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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