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The Sea of Grass is a 1947 American Western film set in the American Southwest. It was directed by Elia Kazan and based on the 1936 novel of the same name by Conrad Richter. The film stars Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, and Melvyn Douglas. Kazan was reportedly displeased with the resulting film and discouraged people from seeing it.
The Sea of Grass: Directed by Elia Kazan. With Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Walker, Melvyn Douglas. On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
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- Drama, Western
- Elia Kazan
- 1947-04-25
The Sea of Grass is a 1936 novel by Conrad Richter. It is set in New Mexico in the late 19th century, and concerns the clash between rich ranchers, whose cattle run freely on government-owned land, a prairie "sea of grass", and the homesteaders or "nesters", who build fences and try to cultivate the soil for subsistence farming.
A drama film based on a novel by Conrad Richter, starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy as a married couple on the American frontier. The film explores their personal and social conflicts as they face the exploitation of the "sea of grass" by cattle ranchers.
- Elia Kazan, Richard Rosson, Sid Sidman
- Spencer Tracy
Lutie Cameron (Katharine Hepburn) arrives in New Mexico, having married cattleman James Brewton (Spencer Tracy) after a short courtship. She finds that her husband is considered a tyrant by locals...
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- Spencer Tracy
- Elia Kazan
- Western
A western film starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy as a married couple on the American frontier. The plot involves their conflicts with the locals, their children, and the exploitation of the grasslands.
Set in New Mexico in the late 19th century, The Sea of Grass concerns the often violent clashes between the pioneering ranchers, whose cattle range freely through the vast sea of grass, and the farmers, or "nesters," who build fences and turn the sod.
