"A love story of today."

1967

1h 48m

7.6(870 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

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

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22 members

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Spencer Tracy

Matt Drayton

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Sidney Poitier

John Prentice

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Katharine Hepburn

Christina Drayton

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Katharine Houghton

Joanna "Joey" Drayton

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Cecil Kellaway

Monsignor Ryan

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Beah Richards

Mrs. Prentice

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Roy Glenn

Mr. Prentice

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Isabel Sanford

Tillie

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Virginia Christine

Hilary St. George

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Alexandra Hay

Carhop

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Barbara Randolph

Dorothy

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D'Urville Martin

Frankie

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Tom Heaton

Peter

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Grace Gaynor

Judith

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Skip Martin

Delivery Boy

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John Hudkins

Cab Driver

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Jacqueline Fontaine

Singer (uncredited)

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Yuki Tani

Japanese Waitress (uncredited)

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Garrett Cassell

Mailman (uncredited)

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June Whitley Taylor

Edie (voice) (uncredited)

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Natalie Core

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Timothy Scott

(uncredited)

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