In my opinion, this was probably the best of the long list of Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn films.
The two really get the opportunity and to their credit deliver fine performances in this 1947 film dealing with the settling of land by Homesteaders and the resulting conflict between them and the landowners and the eventual dissolution of a marriage between Hepburn and Tracy.
The film also gave us matinée idol's Melvyn Douglas the chance to perform in more of a supporting role and he also delivered as the judge who loved Hepburn and their love produced a tragic end.
When Tracy realizes that he can no longer fight the "encroachment" of settlers on the land, the story takes on a different fold with his marriage to Hepburn breaking up. This is also a story of male dominance challenged by a strong-willed Hepburn.
Harry Carey is terrific in the role of the sympathetic doctor, friendly to both. In fact, Carey was even better here than in his supporting Oscar nominated performance 8 years before in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." There is also ample support given by Robert Walker and Phyllis Thaxter, as the Hepburn-Tracy adult children in the film.
The film also takes on the meaning and results of town gossip and scandal and how it ultimately leads to tragic consequences.
Another great job by director Elia Kazan.
The two really get the opportunity and to their credit deliver fine performances in this 1947 film dealing with the settling of land by Homesteaders and the resulting conflict between them and the landowners and the eventual dissolution of a marriage between Hepburn and Tracy.
The film also gave us matinée idol's Melvyn Douglas the chance to perform in more of a supporting role and he also delivered as the judge who loved Hepburn and their love produced a tragic end.
When Tracy realizes that he can no longer fight the "encroachment" of settlers on the land, the story takes on a different fold with his marriage to Hepburn breaking up. This is also a story of male dominance challenged by a strong-willed Hepburn.
Harry Carey is terrific in the role of the sympathetic doctor, friendly to both. In fact, Carey was even better here than in his supporting Oscar nominated performance 8 years before in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." There is also ample support given by Robert Walker and Phyllis Thaxter, as the Hepburn-Tracy adult children in the film.
The film also takes on the meaning and results of town gossip and scandal and how it ultimately leads to tragic consequences.
Another great job by director Elia Kazan.