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.
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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
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Release Date
December 20, 1957
Runtime
3h 8m
Genres
Drama, History, Romance
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