Raintree County
Film1957188 min6.4/10 on TMDB
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Elizabeth TaylorSusanna Drake Shawnessy
Montgomery CliftJohn Wickliff Shawnessy
Eva Marie SaintNell Gaither
Nigel PatrickProf. Jerusalem Webster Stiles
Lee MarvinOrville 'Flash' Perkins
Rod TaylorGarwood B. Jones
Agnes MooreheadEllen Shawnessy
Walter AbelT.D. Shawnessy
Jarma LewisBarbara Drake
Tom DrakeBobby Drake
Rhys WilliamsEzra Gray
Russell CollinsNiles FosterExplore the crew
- Director
- Edward Dmytryk
- Screenplay
- Millard Kaufman
- Original Music Composer
- Johnny Green
- Director of Photography
- Robert Surtees
- Producer
- David Lewis
- Editor
- John D. Dunning