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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.
Theatrical
Dec 20, 1957
Box Office
$9.1M
Budget
$5.5M
Return
1.7x
Director
Edward Dmytryk
Writer
Millard Kaufman
Producers
David Lewis, Millard Kaufman, Thomas D. Tannenbaum
Music
Johnny Green
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Themes
Cast
Full credits →E
Elizabeth Taylor
Susanna Drake Shawnessy
M
Montgomery Clift
John Wickliff Shawnessy
Eva Marie Saint
Nell Gaither
N
Nigel Patrick
Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles
L
Lee Marvin
Orville 'Flash' Perkins
R
Rod Taylor
Garwood B. Jones
A
Agnes Moorehead
Ellen Shawnessy
W
Walter Abel
T.D. Shawnessy
J
Jarma Lewis
Barbara Drake
T
Tom Drake
Bobby Drake
R
Rhys Williams
Ezra Gray
R
Russell Collins
Niles Foster
D
DeForest Kelley
Southern Officer
E
Eileen Stevens
Miss Roman
L
Luana Lee
Girl (uncredited)
S
Sue George
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
M
Myrna Hansen
Mrs. Lydia Gray (uncredited)
F
Fred Aldrich
Townsman (uncredited)
R
Ruth Attaway
Parthenia (uncredited)
J
John Barton
Townsman (uncredited)
