Plot Synopsis
Matt and Christina Drayton have always taught their daughter Joanna that all people are created equal, regardless of race or religion. But the couple's liberal views are put to the test when Joanna unexpectedly brings home a black doctor... and announces that they're engaged.

Film Notes
"Spencer Tracy's last performance was in this well-meaning, handsome film by Stanley Kramer about a pair of white parents (Tracy and Katharine Hepburn) trying to make sense of their daughter's impending marriage to an African American doctor (Sidney Poitier). The film has been knocked over the years for padding conflict and stoking easy liberalism by making Poitier's character in every socioeconomic sense a good catch: But what if Kramer had made this stranger a factory worker? Would the audience still find it as easy to accept a mixed-race relationship? But there's no denying the drawing power of this movie, which gets most of its integrity from the stirring performances of Tracy and Hepburn. When the former (who had been so ill that the production could not get completion insurance) gives a speech toward the end about race, love, and much else, it's impossible not to be affected by the last great moment in a great actor's life and career." (Tom Keogh, Amazon.com)
Shot in Technicolor on location in San Francisco, California. Actor Spencer Tracy's last film. Katharine Hepburn won her second Oscar for her portrayal of Christina Drayton. Feature film debut for actress Katharine Houghton, Katharine Hepburn's niece. Song "Glory of Love" sung by Jacqueline Fontaine. Additional cast: Barbara Randolph (Dorothy), John Hudkins (Cab Driver), Alexandra Hay (Car Hop), Skip Martin (Delivery Boy), Grace Gaynor (Judith), and Tom Heaton (Peter).