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