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
Elizabeth Taylor
Susanna Drake Shawnessy
DeForest Kelley
Southern Officer
Lee Marvin
Orville 'Flash' Perkins
Agnes Moorehead
Ellen Shawnessy
Rod Taylor
Garwood B. Jones
Eva Marie Saint
Nell Gaither
Montgomery Clift
John Wickliff Shawnessy
Rhys Williams
Ezra Gray
James Griffith
Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)
Burt Mustin
Old Gent with 'Flash' (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
Townsman (uncredited)
John Eldredge
Cousin Sam (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Party Guest (uncredited)
Tom Drake
Bobby Drake
Frank Mills
Soldier (uncredited)
Michael Dante
Jesse Gardner (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Prostitute (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Townsman (uncredited)
Robert Foulk
Pantomimist (uncredited)
Stacy Harris
Union Lieutenant (uncredited)
Walter Abel
T.D. Shawnessy
Bill Hickman
Townsman (uncredited)
William Challee
Spectator (uncredited)
Nigel Patrick
Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles
Jack Kenny
Townsman (uncredited)
Bill Walker
Old George (uncredited)
Charles Watts
Party Guest (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Jake - Bartender (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
Townsman (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
Madame Gaubert (uncredited)
James Dime
Bartender (uncredited)
Sue George
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Ron Soble
Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
Ralph Moratz
Spectator at footrace (uncredited)
Christopher Riordan
Spectator at Footrace (uncredited)
Phil Chambers
Starter (uncredited)
Myrna Hansen
Mrs. Lydia Gray (uncredited)
Ruth Attaway
Parthenia (uncredited)
Isabel Cooley
Soona - Susanna's Maid (uncredited)
Frank Kreig
Spectator (uncredited)
Jarma Lewis
Barbara Drake
Don Burnett
Tom Conway (uncredited)
Gardner McKay
Bearded Soldier (uncredited)
Russell Collins
Niles Foster
Eileen Stevens
Miss Roman
Luana Lee
Girl (uncredited)
John Barton
Townsman (uncredited)
Nesdon Booth
Spectator (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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