Three years before "guess who's coming to dine?" , Larry Peerce broached a taboo subject in a more convincing way ,at least in my book : no big star ,no brilliant fiance with a Nobel Prize in sight, no wide screen and no color, a shoestring budget .
Both heroes,when the movie begins (it's a long flashback) , have begun a fight which is lost in advance;the husband's lawyer , a friend though , reluctantly accepts to defend him. Religion lends a helping hand,in a the shape of a wise minister ,but the others do not (look at the face of the woman who attends the ceremony ;even the husband 's father urges his son to stick to his own kind ;it takes the birth of a baby boy to win him over).
If the final scene does not make you cry,nothing will.
Both heroes,when the movie begins (it's a long flashback) , have begun a fight which is lost in advance;the husband's lawyer , a friend though , reluctantly accepts to defend him. Religion lends a helping hand,in a the shape of a wise minister ,but the others do not (look at the face of the woman who attends the ceremony ;even the husband 's father urges his son to stick to his own kind ;it takes the birth of a baby boy to win him over).
If the final scene does not make you cry,nothing will.