  guess who's coming to dinner is a 1967 american comedy-drama film produced and directed by stanley kramer and written by william rose. it stars spencer tracy, sidney poitier and katharine hepburn, and featuring hepburn's niece katharine houghton. the film contains a (then rare) positive representation of the controversial subject of interracial marriage, which historically had been illegal in most states of the united states, and still was illegal in 17 statesâmostly southern statesâuntil 12 june 1967, six months before the film was released, roughly two weeks after tracy filmed his final scene (and two days after his death), when anti-miscegenation laws were struck down by the supreme court in loving v. virginia. the movie's oscar-nominated score was composed by frank devol.joel whitburn, top pop albums 1955-2001 (menomonee falls, wi: record research, 2001), 1018. the film is notable for being the ninth and final on-screen pairing of tracy and hepburn, with filming ending just 17 days before tracy's death. hepburn never saw the completed film,andersen, p. 306 saying the memories of tracy were too painful. the film was released in december 1967, six months after his death.imdb releaseinfo ==plot== [[file:hepburn tracy guess whos coming to dinner.jpg|thumb|left|katharine hepburn and spencer tracy as christina and matt drayton. the film tells the story of joanna "joey" drayton (katharine houghton), a young white woman who has had a whirlwind romance with dr. john pr
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