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