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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

  • 19671967
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
46K
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Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Houghton in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Trailer for this classic starring Sidney Poitier
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ComedyDrama
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiancé.A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiancé.A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiancé.
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
46K
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    • Stanley Kramer
    • William Rose
  • Stars
    • Spencer Tracy
    • Sidney Poitier
    • Katharine Hepburn
    • Stanley Kramer
    • William Rose
  • Stars
    • Spencer Tracy
    • Sidney Poitier
    • Katharine Hepburn
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 441User reviews
    • 80Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 2 Oscars

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    Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
    Trailer 2:39
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    Sidney Poitier in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
    Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
    Sidney Poitier, Roy Glenn, Katharine Houghton, and Beah Richards in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
    Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Houghton in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
    Katharine Hepburn and Katharine Houghton in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
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    Sidney Poitier and Isabel Sanford in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
    Sidney Poitier in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

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    Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy
    • Matt Drayton
    Sidney Poitier
    Sidney Poitier
    • John Prentice
    Katharine Hepburn
    Katharine Hepburn
    • Christina Drayton
    Katharine Houghton
    Katharine Houghton
    • Joey Drayton
    Cecil Kellaway
    Cecil Kellaway
    • Monsignor Ryan
    Beah Richards
    Beah Richards
    • Mrs. Prentice
    Roy Glenn
    Roy Glenn
    • Mr. Prentice
    • (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.)
    Isabel Sanford
    Isabel Sanford
    • Tillie
    • (as Isabell Sanford)
    Virginia Christine
    Virginia Christine
    • Hilary St. George
    Alexandra Hay
    Alexandra Hay
    • Carhop
    Barbara Randolph
    Barbara Randolph
    • Dorothy
    D'Urville Martin
    D'Urville Martin
    • Frankie
    Tom Heaton
    Tom Heaton
    • Peter
    Grace Gaynor
    • Judith
    Skip Martin
    Skip Martin
    • Delivery Boy
    John Hudkins
    John Hudkins
    • Cab Driver
    Garrett Cassell
    • Mailman
    • (uncredited)
    Natalie Core
    • Small Role
    • (uncredited)
      • Stanley Kramer
      • William Rose
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Katharine Hepburn never saw the completed movie. She said the memories of Tracy were too painful.
    • Goofs
      The car the Draytons are driving is a two-door sedan (with a pillar holding the roof up, and a full frame around the door glass) when seen in exterior shots. Once they're at the drive-in, it becomes a two-door hardtop (no pillar, and no frame around the glass).
    • Quotes

      John: You listen to me. You say you don't want to tell me how to live my life. So what do you think you've been doing? You tell me what rights I've got or haven't got, and what I owe to you for what you've done for me. Let me tell you something. I owe you nothing! If you carried that bag a million miles, you did what you're supposed to do! Because you brought me into this world. And from that day you owed me everything you could ever do for me like I will owe my son if I ever have another. But you don't own me! You can't tell me when or where I'm out of line, or try to get me to live my life according to your rules. You don't even know what I am, Dad, you don't know who I am. You don't know how I feel, what I think. And if I tried to explain it the rest of your life you will never understand. You are 30 years older than I am. You and your whole lousy generation believes the way it was for you is the way it's got to be. And not until your whole generation has lain down and died will the dead weight of you be off our backs! You understand, you've got to get off my back! Dad... Dad, you're my father. I'm your son. I love you. I always have and I always will. But you think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself as a man. Now, I've got a decision to make, hm? And I've got to make it alone, and I gotta make it in a hurry. So would you go out there and see after my mother?

    • Alternate versions
      When Monsignor Ryan is added to the guest list, Joey goes to tell Tillie. Joey asks "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" and Tillie replies "Reverend Martin Luther King". Following the assassination of King, this was removed - Joey says she'll tell Tillie but we see nothing more. Several months later, this gag was restored.
    • Connections
      Edited into Starring Katharine Hepburn (1981)
    • Soundtracks
      Glory of Love
      (1936)

      by Billy Hill

      Sung by Jacqueline Fontaine at the restaurant

      Sung offscreen by a chorus during opening and closing credits

      Played in the score often

    User reviews441

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    A Great Film, But Possibly the Most Controversial Production Ever.
    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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    FAQ8

    • Is "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" based on a book?
    • Where did John and Joey meet?
    • So who is coming to dinner?

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    • Release date
      • December 12, 1967 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Mel's Drive-in - 5199 Mission Street, at Rolph Street, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Stanley Kramer Productions
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    • 1 hour 48 minutes
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