Raintree County

Raintree County (1957)

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.

Date of release
1957-12-20
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (59)
Runtime
3h 8m
Genres
Romance, Drama, History
Director
Edward Dmytryk

Casting

  • 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

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