<P> 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 features Hepburn 's niece Katharine Houghton . The film was one of the few films of the time to depict an interracial marriage in a positive light , as interracial marriage historically had been illegal in most states of the United States , and still was illegal in 17 states -- mostly Southern states -- until 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 film 's Oscar - nominated score was composed by Frank De Vol . </P>
<P> 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 features Hepburn 's niece Katharine Houghton . The film was one of the few films of the time to depict an interracial marriage in a positive light , as interracial marriage historically had been illegal in most states of the United States , and still was illegal in 17 states -- mostly Southern states -- until 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 film 's Oscar - nominated score was composed by Frank De Vol . </P>
when was guess who 's coming to dinner made
when was guess who 's coming to dinner made
1967
1967