Though dragged out and often weepy, it is a corking yarn.

Tracy is earnest, but if that’s a Portuguese accent he’s sporting, then I’m Katharine Hepburn.

Spencer Tracy delivers a superb performance as the reluctant but unquestionably inspiring father figure, brimming with ideal values, morals, work ethics, and courage.

At once the most virile and the tenderest of recent Hollywood photoplays; should rank high on any list of best pictures of all time.