poster

1957

NR (12/20/1957) (US)

Romance, Drama, History

3h 8m

64

User Score

In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance

Overview

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.

1957

64

User Score

NR (12/20/1957) (US)

Romance, Drama, History

3h 8m

In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance

Overview

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.

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Susanna Drake Shawnessy

Montgomery Clift

Montgomery Clift

John Wickliff Shawnessy

Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint

Nell Gaither

Nigel Patrick

Nigel Patrick

Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles

Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin

Orville 'Flash' Perkins

Rod Taylor

Rod Taylor

Garwood B. Jones

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

Ellen Shawnessy

Walter Abel

Walter Abel

T.D. Shawnessy

Jarma Lewis

Jarma Lewis

Barbara Drake

Tom Drake

Tom Drake

Bobby Drake

Rhys Williams

Rhys Williams

Ezra Gray

Russell Collins

Russell Collins

Niles Foster

DeForest Kelley

DeForest Kelley

Southern Officer

Eileen Stevens

Eileen Stevens

Miss Roman

Luana Lee

Luana Lee

Girl (uncredited)

Sue George

Sue George

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Myrna Hansen

Myrna Hansen

Mrs. Lydia Gray (uncredited)

Fred Aldrich

Fred Aldrich

Townsman (uncredited)

Ruth Attaway

Ruth Attaway

Parthenia (uncredited)

John Barton

John Barton

Townsman (uncredited)