
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
Cast

Spencer Tracy
Matt Drayton

Sidney Poitier
John Prentice

Katharine Hepburn
Christina Drayton

Katharine Houghton
Joanna "Joey" Drayton

Cecil Kellaway
Monsignor Ryan

Beah Richards
Mrs. Prentice

Roy Glenn
Mr. Prentice

Isabel Sanford
Tillie

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

John Hudkins
Cab Driver

Jacqueline Fontaine
Singer (uncredited)
Yuki Tani
Japanese Waitress (uncredited)
Garrett Cassell
Mailman (uncredited)
June Whitley Taylor
Edie (voice) (uncredited)

Natalie Core
(uncredited)

Timothy Scott
(uncredited)
Crew

Stanley Kramer
Director, Producer
William Rose
Writer
Robert C. Jones
Editor

Sam Leavitt
Director of Photography
Ray Gosnell Jr.
Assistant Director
Leonard Kunody
Assistant Director
Ivan Volkman
Production Supervisor
George Glass
Associate Producer
Robert Clatworthy
Production Design
William Gossman
Camera Operator

Jean Louis
Wardrobe Supervisor
Joe King
Costume Design
Helen Hunt
Hairstylist
Joe DiBella
Makeup Artist
Ben Lane
Makeup Artist
Clem Portman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Robert Martin
Sound
Charles J. Rice
Sound
Geza Gaspar
Special Effects
Lawrence W. Butler
Visual Effects

Frank De Vol
Original Music Composer
Carol Kaye
Music
Frank Tuttle
Set Decoration
Marshall Schlom
Script Supervisor
Les Everson
Electrician
Clarence Peet
Property Master
Marty Kashuk
Grip
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Albert Woodbury
Orchestrator
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