Raintree County (1957)

12/20/1957 (US) • 3h 8m

Romance, Drama, History

In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Elizabeth Taylor

Susanna Drake Shawnessy

Montgomery Clift

John Wickliff Shawnessy

Eva Marie Saint

Nell Gaither

Nigel Patrick

Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles

Lee Marvin

Orville 'Flash' Perkins

Rod Taylor

Garwood B. Jones

Agnes Moorehead

Ellen Shawnessy

Walter Abel

T.D. Shawnessy

Jarma Lewis

Barbara Drake


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,474,000.00

Revenue

$9,080,000.00

Keywords

civil war

love triangle

love

19th century

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