type: 

COMEDY

DRAMA

ROMANCE

Matt and Christina Drayton are a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

name	character
Virginia Christine	Hilary St. George
Roy Glenn	Mr. Prentice
Alexandra Hay	Carhop
Katharine Hepburn	Christina Drayton
Katharine Houghton	Joanna 'Joey' Drayton
Cecil Kellaway	Monsignor Ryan
Sidney Poitier	Dr. John Wade Prentice
Beah Richards	Mrs. Prentice
Isabel Sanford	Tillie
Spencer Tracy	Matt Drayton

name
Stanley Kramer	director, producer
William Rose	screenplay
Frank De Vol	composer

year	award	category	name
1967	Academy Award	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Katharine Hepburn
1967	Academy Award	Best Screenplay	William Rose
1968	BAFTA	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Spencer Tracy
1968	BAFTA	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Katharine Hepburn