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.
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
Tom Drake
Bobby Drake
Rhys Williams
Ezra Gray
Russell Collins
Niles Foster
DeForest Kelley
Southern Officer
Eileen Stevens
Miss Roman
Luana Lee
Girl (uncredited)
Sue George
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Myrna Hansen
Mrs. Lydia Gray (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
Townsman (uncredited)
Ruth Attaway
Parthenia (uncredited)
John Barton
Townsman (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Jake - Bartender (uncredited)
Nesdon Booth
Spectator (uncredited)
George Boyce
Party Guest (uncredited)
Henry Brock
Minor Role (uncredited)
Don Burnett
Tom Conway (uncredited)
Boyd Cabeen
Townsman (uncredited)
William Challee
Spectator (uncredited)
Phil Chambers
Starter (uncredited)
Robert Cole
Party Guest (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
Townsman (uncredited)
Isabel Cooley
Soona - Susanna's Maid (uncredited)
Josephine Cummins
Woman (uncredited)
Jack Daly
Photographer (uncredited)
Michael Dante
Jesse Gardner (uncredited)
James Dime
Bartender (uncredited)
Phyllis Douglas
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Dan Dowling
Club Patron (uncredited)
Michael Dugan
Nat Franklin (uncredited)
John Eldredge
Cousin Sam (uncredited)
Duke Fishman
Townsman (uncredited)
George Ford
Club Patron (uncredited)
Robert Foulk
Pantomimist (uncredited)
Joel Friend
Party Guest (uncredited)
Joseph Glick
Soldier (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
Madame Gaubert (uncredited)
James Griffith
Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)
Myrna Hansen
Lydia Grey (uncredited)
Stacy Harris
Union Lieutenant (uncredited)
Rosalind Hayes
Bessie (uncredited)
Bill Hickman
Townsman (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
Townsman (uncredited)
Judi Jordan
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Townsman (uncredited)
Frank Kreig
Spectator (uncredited)
Janet Lake
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Donald Losby
Jim Shawnessy - Age 2 (uncredited)
Mickey Maga
Jim Shawnessy - Age 4 (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Townsman (uncredited)
Owen McGiveney
Blind Man (uncredited)
Gardner McKay
Bearded Soldier (uncredited)
Russell Meeker
Townsman (uncredited)
Ralph Moratz
Spectator at footrace (uncredited)
Burt Mustin
Old Gent with 'Flash' (uncredited)
Ray Pourchot
Soldier (uncredited)
Ford Raymond
Townsman (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Prostitute (uncredited)
Christopher Riordan
Spectator at Footrace (uncredited)
Robert Robinson
Townsman (uncredited)
Edwin Rochelle
Townsman (uncredited)
Tony Rosa
Party Guest (uncredited)
Phil Schumacher
Townsman (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ron Soble
Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
Eileen Stevens
Miss Roman (uncredited)
Robert Stevenson
Spectator (uncredited)
Robert Strong
Townsman (uncredited)
Bill Walker
Old George (uncredited)
Charles Watts
Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Soldier (uncredited)
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