The Sea of Grass (film)

The Sea of Grass
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Directed by	Elia Kazan
Written by	Conrad Richter Vincent Lawrence
Starring	Katharine Hepburn Spencer Tracy Melvyn Douglas Robert Walker Phyllis Thaxter
Music by	Herbert Stothart
Editing by	Robert Kern
Release date(s)	April 25, 1947
Country	USA
Language	English

The Sea of Grass is a 1947 western-drama film. It was directed by Elia Kazan and based on the novel of the same name by Conrad Richter. The movie stars Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy and Melvyn Douglas.

According to "The Films of Katharine Hepburn", MGM had reels of stock footage of prairie, so the majority of the film was shot against a process screen showing this 'sea of grass' stock footage. Despite the talent involved in the film, Kazan was reported so embarrassed by it that he urged people not to see it.^{[citation needed]}

Plot summary

Hepburn plays a city-bred woman from St. Louis moving to New Mexico to marry a rancher (Tracy), who sees homesteaders as a threat to the prairie. The tension between them is worsened by her fleeting affair with a persistent admirer.

Cast

• Katharine Hepburn as Lutie
• Spencer Tracy as Col. Jim Brewton
• Robert Walker as Brock
• Melvyn Douglas as Brice Chamberlain
• Phyllis Thaxter as Sara Beth
• Edgar Buchanan as Jeff

External links

• The Sea of Grass at the Internet Movie Database