Writers: Marguerite Roberts, Vincent Lawrence, Conrad Richter
Release date: 25 Apr 1947
Countries: United States
Languages: English
Runtime: 123 min
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Storyline: The Sea of Grass (1947) This western begins with St. Louis resident Lutie Cameron (Katharine Hepburn) marrying New Mexico cattleman Col. James B. 'Jim' Brewton (Spencer Tracy) after a short courtship. When she arrives in "Salt Fork, 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. Lutie, has difficulty reconciling her husband's beliefs and passions with her own.