Raintree County (1957)

  • NR
  • 10/02/1957 (US)
  • Romance, Drama, History
  • 3h 8m

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.

Edward Dmytryk

Director

Ross Lockridge Jr.

Novel

Millard Kaufman

Screenplay

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor's headshot

Elizabeth Taylor

Susanna Drake Shawnessy
Montgomery Clift's headshot

Montgomery Clift

John Wickliff Shawnessy
Eva Marie Saint's headshot

Eva Marie Saint

Nell Gaither
Nigel Patrick's headshot

Nigel Patrick

Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles
Lee Marvin's headshot

Lee Marvin

Orville 'Flash' Perkins
Rod Taylor's headshot

Rod Taylor

Garwood B. Jones
Agnes Moorehead's headshot

Agnes Moorehead

Ellen Shawnessy
Walter Abel's headshot

Walter Abel

T.D. Shawnessy

Recommendations

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof cover

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Witness for the Prosecution cover

Witness for the Prosecution
The Rainmaker cover

The Rainmaker
Georgy Girl cover

Georgy Girl
Tammy and the Bachelor cover

Tammy and the Bachelor
Rebecca cover

Rebecca
Hitman cover

Hitman
Joker cover

Joker