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