Spencer Tracy
Col. James B. "Jim" Brewton
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The Sea of Grass is a 1947 American Western film set in the American Southwest. [3] [4] 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.
A drama western about a St. Louis woman who marries a New Mexico cattleman and faces conflicts with the locals and her husband. IMDb provides cast and crew, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this MGM film.
- (2.5K)
- Drama, Western
- Elia Kazan
- 1947-04-25
Sea Of Grass, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Parties Unknown Cattle baron Brewton (Spencer Tracy, his first scene), his bride-to-be (Katharen Hepburn) just in from St. Louis observing, as the judge (Robert Barratt) presides over a bent verdict in his favor, plaintiff's lawyer Chamberlain (Melvyn Douglas) infuriated, early in The Sea Of Grass, 1947.
- Elia Kazan, Richard Rosson, Sid Sidman
- Spencer Tracy
Love them usually, and this movie is okay but there is indeed far better fare out there!!! Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member I love this film.
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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 land.
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.
Jim Brewton's cattle empire includes a million acres of grazing land that he withholds from neighboring farmers. When his wife Lutie's brief infidelity is un...
