Raintree County (1957)
In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance
182 min
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.
- Release date
- December 20, 1957
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $5,474,000
- Box office
- $9,080,000
Trailer
Cast
- Montgomery Clift as John Wickliff Shawnessy
- Elizabeth Taylor as Susanna Drake Shawnessy
- Eva Marie Saint as Nell Gaither
- Nigel Patrick as Professor Jerusalem Webster Stiles
- Lee Marvin as Orville 'Flash' Perkins
- Rod Taylor as Garwood B. Jones
- Agnes Moorehead as Ellen Shawnessy
- Walter Abel as T.D. Shawnessy
- Jarma Lewis as Barbara Drake
- Tom Drake as Bobby Drake
Crew
- Edward Dmytryk · Director
- Millard Kaufman · Writer
- Ross Lockridge Jr. · Writer
- David Lewis · Producer
- Johnny Green · Composer
- Robert Surtees · Cinematographer
- John D. Dunning · Editor