Trivia: There is a scene in the Drayton home where Joey tells John that the tiny statue of her Father that he is holding, was made by her mother. That statue is indeed of Spencer Tracy and was actually made and given to him by Katharine Hepburn.
Trivia: The daughter was played by Katharine Hepburn's real life niece, Katharine Houghton.
Trivia: The movie makers got Poiter to sign on after telling him that Spencer and Katharine were going to be in the film. They in fact had not signed on at that point.
Trivia: This is Spencer Tracey's last film, he died just days after his final scenes were shot.
Trivia: Although Roy Glenn and Beah Richards play Sidney Poitier's parents in the movie, they were only 13 and 7 years older than Poitier, respectively.
