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In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance

6.4

3h 8m

1957

“In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Edward Dmytryk

Trailer

RomanceDramaHistory

civil warlove trianglelove19th century

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Cast & Crew

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

as Susanna Drake Shawnessy

Montgomery Clift

Montgomery Clift

as John Wickliff Shawnessy

Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint

as Nell Gaither

Nigel Patrick

Nigel Patrick

as Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles

Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin

as Orville 'Flash' Perkins

Rod Taylor

Rod Taylor

as Garwood B. Jones

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

as Ellen Shawnessy

Walter Abel

Walter Abel

as T.D. Shawnessy

Jarma Lewis

Jarma Lewis

as Barbara Drake

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