The Sea of Grass (film)

The Sea of Grass
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Directed byElia Kazan
Screenplay byVincent Lawrence
Marguerite Roberts
Edward E. Paramore Jr.
Based onThe Sea of Grass
1937 novel
by Conrad Richter
Produced byPandro S. Berman
StarringKatharine Hepburn
Spencer Tracy
Robert Walker
Melvyn Douglas
Phyllis Thaxter
Edgar Buchanan
Harry Carey
Ruth Nelson
Robert Armstrong
CinematographyHarry Stradling
Edited byRobert Kern
Music byHerbert Stothart
Production
company
Distributed byLoew's Inc.
Release dates
January 20, 1947 (United Kingdom)
  • April 25, 1947 (1947-04-25)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,349,000
Box office$4,689,000

The Sea of Grass is a 1947 American Western film set in the American Southwest. 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.