Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Dr. John Wade Prentice tells his fiance Joanna “Joey” Drayton, "You may be in for the biggest shock of your young life." (0:03)

Joey tells her art gallery owner mother Christina, referring to John, "Both his wife and his son were killed..."
”He’s been worried for the past week...”
Referring to John: ”He thinks you’re gonna faint because he’s a negro.”
Christina: ”Well, I don’t think I’m going to faint...”
John: ”It felt like too big a shock for the telephone... we’re a very shocking pair...” (0:14)

Joey tells newspaper owner Matt Drayton, "Daddy, you’re making John and me nervous."
Matt: ”I wouldn’t want to make anybody nervous. How about you, Chris, are you nervous? Sit down, doc, before you make me nervous.”
Joey: ”I know this is sort of a shock...” (0:22)

By telephone, Matt’s secretary Edie tells Matt, referring to John’s wife and son, "Both killed in an accident in 1959..." (0:31)

Joey tells John, "For a whole week, I’ve been nervous." (0:32)

Joey tells Christina, "... and it’s just crazy..." (0:36)

Matt asks his friend Monsignor Mike Ryan, "Mike, aren’t you just a little shocked?"
Mike: ”Shocked? Why should I be shocked?” (0:46)

Gallery manager Hilary tells Christina St. George, "My poor dear, what a shock for you."
Christina: ”You must try not to worry about it.” (0:48)

Mike describes Joey and John tells Matt and Christina: "... fine intelligent people..." (0:51)

Christina tells Matt, "... you were working too hard, worried, and sometimes frightened..." (0:56)

Another driver tells Matt, "You stupid idiot. You stupid"
”Some of these old guys, they’re senile.” (0:59)

Joey’s friend Judith tells the others, "Well, then it seems crazy for both of you to be going all that way alone..." (1:02)

Matt tells Christina, referring to Joey and John, "... I happen to know that they’ll both get their brains knocked out." (1:03)

John tells his parents Mary and John, "I’m afraid it’s gonna be kind of a shock." (1:05)

John, Sr. tells Joey and John, Jr., "... the two of you are behaving like a couple of escaped lunatics..." (1:09)

Christina asks Mary, "Are you shocked by the fact that John... your son, is involved with a white girl?"
Mary: ”... it wouldn’t be true to say that I’m shocked...” (1:20)

John, Sr. asks Matt, "... are you some kind of a nut?"
”... if you do... you are right out of your mind.” (1:22)

Joe tells Christina, "... when John’s father first saw that I was a white girl, I thought he was going to faint." (1:34)

Matt tells the others, referring to Mike, "... his reverence, who began by forcing his way into the situation and then insulting my intelligence..."
”... Mr. Prentice... wants to know if I’m some kind of a nut... burned out? Certainly... There’ll be a hundred million people right here in this country who’ll be shocked... at the two of you...” (1:41)

Reference in The Watermelon Woman