| Release Date: | Jan 1947 |
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| Genres: | Western / Drama |
| Runtime: | 123 min |
| Cast: | Spencer Tracy (Col. James B. 'Jim' Brewton), Katharine Hepburn (Lutie Cameron Brewton) Robert Walker (Brock Brewton) Melvyn Douglas (Brice Chamberlain) Phyllis Thaxter (Sara Beth Brewton) Edgar Buchanan (Jeff, Cook on Brewton Ranch) Harry Carey (Doc J. Reid) Ruth Nelson (Selina Hall, Sam Hall's Wife) William 'Bill' Phillips (Banty, Brewton Ranch Hand (as Wm....) Robert Armstrong (Floyd McCurtin (Brewton's attorney)) James Bell (Sam Hall, Homesteader) Robert Barrat (Judge Seth White, Salt Fork) Charles Trowbridge (George Cameron) Russell Hicks (Major Dell Harney) Trevor Bardette (Andy Boggs, Homesteader) Morris Ankrum (A.J. Crane, Attorney) Eddie Acuff (Cattleman (uncredited)) Henry Adams (Gambler (uncredited)) Erville Alderson (First Station Agent (uncredited)) Myrtle Anderson (Townswoman (uncredited)) Stanley Andrews (Bill the Sheriff (uncredited)) Frank Austin (Second Station Agent (uncredited)) Polly Bailey (Townswoman (uncredited)) Dick Baron (Newsboy (uncredited)) Jack Baxley (Homesteader (uncredited)) Vangie Beilby (Old Townswoman (uncredited)) Joseph E. Bernard (Homesteader (uncredited)) Margaret Bert (Townswoman (uncredited)) Robert Bice (Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)) Barbara Billingsley (Bridesmaid (uncredited)) Whit Bissell (Ted, the Clerk (uncredited)) Joe Brockman (Cattleman (uncredited)) Marietta Canty (Rachael (uncredited)) Nora Cecil (Mrs. Ryan, Nurse (uncredited)) William Challee (Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)) Wheaton Chambers (Dean (uncredited)) Ruth Cherrington (Townswoman (uncredited)) Naomi Childers (Townswoman (uncredited)) Gertrude Chorre (Brewton's Indian Nurse (uncredited)) Davison Clark (Cattleman (uncredited)) Joseph Crehan (Colorado Senator Grew (uncredited)) Sidney D'Albrook (Townsman (uncredited)) Frank Darien (Minister (uncredited)) Jack Davis (Jury Foreman (uncredited)) Vernon Dent (Train Conductor (uncredited)) Helen Dickson (Piano Player Spectator (uncredited)) Mike Donovan (Nester (uncredited)) Franz Dorfler (Townsman (uncredited)) Budd Fine (Brakeman (uncredited)) Douglas Fowley (Joe Horton (uncredited)) Fred Gilman (Cattleman (uncredited)) Ann Gowland (Sarah Beth at Age 2 1 / 2 (uncredited)) Fred Graham (Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)) Jesse Graves (Luke (uncredited)) Frank Hagney (Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)) John Hamilton (Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)) Jimmy Hawkins (Brock at Age 5 1 / 2 (uncredited)) Pat Henry (Brock at Age 1 (uncredited)) Earle Hodgins (Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)) William Holmes (Gambler (uncredited)) Bob Ingersoll (Station Loafer (uncredited)) Rose Langdon (Townswoman (uncredited)) Paul Langton (Young Doctor (uncredited)) Larry Lathrop (Messenger (uncredited)) Nolan Leary (Homesteader (uncredited)) Ralph Littlefield (Homesteader (uncredited)) Leota Lorraine (Townswoman (uncredited)) George Magrill (Homesteader (uncredited)) Robert Malcolm (Townsman (uncredited)) Chief Many Treaties (Indian (uncredited)) Mickey Martin (Newsboy (uncredited)) Kermit Maynard (Station Loafer (uncredited)) Charles McAvoy (Homesteader (uncredited)) Charles Middleton (Charley, Saloon Owner (uncredited)) Howard M. Mitchell (Railroad Conductor) Skeets Noyes (Beady-Eyed Man (uncredited)) Carol Nugent (Sarah Beth at Age 7 (uncredited)) Norman Ollestad (Brock at Age 8 (uncredited)) James O'Rear (Piano Tuner (uncredited)) J.L. Palmer (Townsman (uncredited)) Frank Pharr (Station Loafer (uncredited)) Lee Phelps (Homesteader (uncredited)) Obed 'Dad' Pickard (Townsman (uncredited)) Bernice Pilot (Maid (uncredited)) George Reed (Uncle Nat (uncredited)) John Rice (Cowboy (uncredited)) Duncan Richardson (Brock at Age 3 (uncredited)) Dick Rich (Loud-Mouthed Salt Fork Townsman...) Buddy Roosevelt (Ike Randall, Brewton Ranch Hand...) Gene Roth (Homesteader (uncredited)) Dick Rush (Cattleman (uncredited)) Irving Smith (Black Servant (uncredited)) Patty Smith (Sarah Beth at Age 4 1 / 2 (uncredited)) Wyndham Standing (Gambler (uncredited)) Jack Stoney (Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)) Glenn Strange (Bill Roach, Brewton Ranch Hand...) Henry Sylvester (Townsman (uncredited)) Forrest Taylor (Homesteader (uncredited)) Ray Teal (Cattleman (uncredited)) Laura Treadwell (Townswoman (uncredited)) William Van Vleck (Nester (uncredited)) Dorothy Vaughan (Mrs. Hodges (uncredited)) John Vosper (Hotel Clerk (uncredited)) Eddy Waller (Homesteader (uncredited)) Dan White (Wake, Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)) Guy Wilkerson (Brewton Ranch Hand (uncredited)) Bill Wolfe (Homesteader (uncredited)) Rocky Woods (Cattleman (uncredited)) Hank Worden (Bill, Salt Fork Townsman (uncredited)) |
The highly melodramatic western begins with St. Louis resident Katharine Hepburn marrying New Mexico cattleman Spencer Tracy after a short courtship. When she arrives in "Salt Pork, NM" she finds that her new husband is considered by the locals to be a tyrant who uses force to keep homesteaders off the government owned land he uses for grazing his cattle--the so-called Sea of Grass. Hepburn's character, Lutie, has difficulty reconciling her husband's beliefs and passions with her own, and eventually leaves him just long enough to conceive a child with her husband's moral enemy. Two years later, in the midst of a crisis, her husband discovers her infidelity and forces her to leave--without her two children (husband's daughter and other man's son).
