Romance Drama History
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 by
Edward Dmytryk
Eva Marie Saint
Nell Gaither
Elizabeth Taylor
Susanna Drake Shawnessy
Lee Marvin
Orville 'Flash' Perkins
Rod Taylor
Garwood B. Jones
DeForest Kelley
Southern Officer
Agnes Moorehead
Ellen Shawnessy
Robert Foulk
Pantomimist (uncredited)
Montgomery Clift
John Wickliff Shawnessy
Frank Mills
Soldier (uncredited)
Burt Mustin
Old Gent with 'Flash' (uncredited)
James Griffith
Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)
Rhys Williams
Ezra Gray
William Challee
Spectator (uncredited)
Bill Walker
Old George (uncredited)
Stacy Harris
Union Lieutenant (uncredited)
Russell Collins
Niles Foster
Walter Abel
T.D. Shawnessy
Tom Drake
Bobby Drake
Sue George
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Bill Hickman
Townsman (uncredited)
Michael Dante
Jesse Gardner (uncredited)
John Eldredge
Cousin Sam (uncredited)
Nigel Patrick
Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles
Charles Watts
Party Guest (uncredited)
Phil Chambers
Starter (uncredited)
Ruth Attaway
Parthenia (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Party Guest (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Prostitute (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Townsman (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Jake - Bartender (uncredited)
Frank Kreig
Spectator (uncredited)
Isabel Cooley
Soona - Susanna's Maid (uncredited)
Christopher Riordan
Spectator at Footrace (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
Townsman (uncredited)
Nesdon Booth
Spectator (uncredited)
Ron Soble
Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
Myrna Hansen
Mrs. Lydia Gray (uncredited)
James Dime
Bartender (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
Townsman (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
Madame Gaubert (uncredited)
Ralph Moratz
Spectator at footrace (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Townsman (uncredited)
Gardner McKay
Bearded Soldier (uncredited)
Jarma Lewis
Barbara Drake
Don Burnett
Tom Conway (uncredited)
Eileen Stevens
Miss Roman
Luana Lee
Girl (uncredited)
John Barton
Townsman (uncredited)
George Boyce
Party Guest (uncredited)
Henry Brock
Minor Role (uncredited)
Boyd Cabeen
Townsman (uncredited)
Robert Cole
Party Guest (uncredited)
Josephine Cummins
Woman (uncredited)
Jack Daly
Photographer (uncredited)
Phyllis Douglas
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Dan Dowling
Club Patron (uncredited)
Michael Dugan
Nat Franklin (uncredited)
Duke Fishman
Townsman (uncredited)
George Ford
Club Patron (uncredited)
Joel Friend
Party Guest (uncredited)
Joseph Glick
Soldier (uncredited)
Rosalind Hayes
Bessie (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
Townsman (uncredited)
Judi Jordan
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Janet Lake
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Donald Losby
Jim Shawnessy - Age 2 (uncredited)
Mickey Maga
Jim Shawnessy - Age 4 (uncredited)
Owen McGiveney
Blind Man (uncredited)
Russell Meeker
Townsman (uncredited)
Ray Pourchot
Soldier (uncredited)
Ford Raymond
Townsman (uncredited)
Robert Robinson
Townsman (uncredited)
Edwin Rochelle
Townsman (uncredited)
Tony Rosa
Party Guest (uncredited)
Phil Schumacher
Townsman (uncredited)
Robert Stevenson
Spectator (uncredited)
Robert Strong
Townsman (uncredited)
Carl Roup

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