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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   10,051 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:
Brilliant 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 Houghton's future film debut. more
Goofs:
Continuity: While shaving before dinner, Matt has varying amounts of shaving cream on his face while speaking with Christina. 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 "Just Shoot Me!: Guess Who's Coming to Blush (#7.1)" (2002) more
Soundtrack:
Glory of Love more

FAQ

A Note Regarding Spoilers
What did Joey mean when she likened her parents to the governor of Alabama?
Do John and Joey get married?
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16 out of 25 people found the following comment useful:-
Brilliant, 5 May 2005
10/10
Author: Scott Amundsen (Scottsteaux63@aol.com) from Oneonta New York USA

Sure it's dated; it was made in 1967 and is very much a product of its time. But the sheer virtuosity of Stanley Kramer and a dream cast make this a film worth viewing over and over again.

Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy are so good in this film that you simply forget that they are famous actors playing roles that were written by a screenwriter.

Sidney Poitier is so brilliant as the potential groom that I defy anyone not to fall in love with this brilliant and intense man.

The stars are aided and abetted by a heaven-sent supporting cast: Isabel Sanford is hilarious as the family maid who fears change; Beah Richards (Oscar-nominated) positively glows as Poitier's mother; Roy Glenn is a marvel as Poitier's working-class father.

Katharine Houghton (Hepburn's niece) nearly sinks the film; she is so bad that if it were not for the wonderful actors around her, the film would be simply dreadful; fortunately, the rest of the cast is so good that Houghton's performance actually becomes competent in their midst.

As for the message; well, all I can say is see the film. It is as relevant today as it was thirty-eight years ago.

Fabulous.

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