In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$5,474,000
Revenue
$9,080,000
Release Date
December 20, 1957
Popularity
1
Director
Edward Dmytryk
Writer
Millard Kaufman
Producer
David Lewis
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Cast
Elizabeth Taylor
Susanna Drake Shawnessy
Montgomery Clift
John Wickliff Shawnessy
Eva Marie Saint
Nell Gaither
Nigel Patrick
Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles
Lee Marvin
Orville 'Flash' Perkins
Rod Taylor
Garwood B. Jones
Agnes Moorehead
Ellen Shawnessy
Walter Abel
T.D. Shawnessy
Jarma Lewis
Barbara Drake
Tom Drake
Bobby Drake
Rhys Williams
Ezra Gray
Russell Collins
Niles Foster
DeForest Kelley
Southern Officer
Eileen Stevens
Miss Roman
Luana Lee
Girl (uncredited)
Sue George
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Myrna Hansen
Mrs. Lydia Gray (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
Townsman (uncredited)
Ruth Attaway
Parthenia (uncredited)
John Barton
Townsman (uncredited)
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