Directed by Stanley Kramer
Tracy’s swan song, a felicitous final pairing with Katharine Hepburn, forces two liberal, white parents to test their own principles when their daughter presents her fiancé, a young black doctor, and asks for their blessing. Tracy’s character arc, a struggle to fuse public and private morality, is a brilliant summation of his life and career, as is the benediction he gives in the film’s final act.
Columbia Pictures. Producer: Stanley Kramer. Screenwriter: William Rose. Cinematographer: Sam Leavitt. Editor: Robert C. Jones. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway.
35mm, color, 108 min.
