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Raintree County

Raintree County
★ 6.4/10•1957•3h 8m•NR•Romance•Drama•History

In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance

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

Millard Kaufman · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime3h 8m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 20, 1957
Budget$5,474,000
Revenue$9,080,000

Actors

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor

Susanna Drake Shawnessy

Montgomery Clift

Montgomery Clift

John Wickliff Shawnessy

Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint

Nell Gaither

Nigel Patrick

Nigel Patrick

Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles

Lee Marvin

Lee Marvin

Orville 'Flash' Perkins

Rod Taylor

Rod Taylor

Garwood B. Jones

Agnes Moorehead

Agnes Moorehead

Ellen Shawnessy

Walter Abel

Walter Abel

T.D. Shawnessy

Jarma Lewis

Jarma Lewis

Barbara Drake

Tom Drake

Tom Drake

Bobby Drake

Rhys Williams

Rhys Williams

Ezra Gray

Russell Collins

Russell Collins

Niles Foster

DeForest Kelley

DeForest Kelley

Southern Officer

Eileen Stevens

Miss Roman

Luana Lee

Girl (uncredited)

Sue George

Sue George

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

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