CinemaOSMovie · 1957 · 3h 8m · NR
Raintree County

In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance

64%(59)IMDbRomanceDramaHistory

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.

Directed byEdward Dmytryk

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Status
Released
Runtime
3h 8m
Language
EN
Released
December 20, 1957
Budget
$5,474,000
Revenue
$9,080,000
Studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Edward Dmytryk
Edward Dmytryk
Written by
Millard Kaufman
Produced by
David Lewis

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