The Sea of Grass (1947)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Western
Release: 1947-04-25
Director: Elia Kazan (1909–2003)
Writers: Marguerite Roberts , Vincent Lawrence , Conrad Richter
Language: English
Stars: Katharine Hepburn , Spencer Tracy , Robert Walker , Melvyn Douglas , Phyllis Thaxter (1919–2012) , Edgar Buchanan , Harry Carey , Ruth Nelson , William ‘Bill’ Phillips , Robert Armstrong
Runtime: 123 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Terra de Ambições (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Prærie (Denmark) , The Sea of Grass (Canada) , Θάλασσα από χορτάρι (Greece) , Lainehtiva tasanko (Finland) , Yeşil Ufuklar (Turkey) , Præriens pionerer (Norway) , 大草原 (Japan) , Mar Verde (Brazil) , Le maître de la prairie (France, French Republic) , To parastratima mias miteras (Greece) , Mar de hierba (Spain) , Endlos ist die Prärie , Morze traw (Poland) , Prärie (Sweden) , The Sea of Grass (United Kingdom) , Endlos ist die Prärie (Austria) , Greh ene noci (Slovenia) , Море травы , Daisougen (Japan) , Fűtenger (Hungary) , Mar de hierba (Mexico) , Marea de iarbă (Romania) , The Sea of Grass , Mora trava , Mar de hierba (Argentina) , Il mare d'erba (Italy) , Grijeh jedne noci (Croatia) , Thalassa apo hortari (Greece) , The Sea of Grass (United States of America)
Plot: 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.
IMDB:tt0039806