The read
Audiences rate it 53 points higher than critics do. Most of the 245 1950s romance movies in this catalog score higher. It runs long at 3h 8m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes10%
Audiences rate it 53 points higher than critics do.
59 audience votes
Key crew
- Edward DmytrykDirector
- Millard KaufmanScreenplay
- Johnny GreenOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Elizabeth TaylorSusanna Drake Shawnessy
- Montgomery CliftJohn Wickliff Shawnessy
- Eva Marie SaintNell Gaither
- Nigel PatrickProf. Jerusalem Webster Stiles
- Lee MarvinOrville 'Flash' Perkins
- Rod TaylorGarwood B. Jones
- Agnes MooreheadEllen Shawnessy
- Walter AbelT.D. Shawnessy
- Jarma LewisBarbara Drake
- Tom DrakeBobby Drake
- Rhys WilliamsEzra Gray
- Russell CollinsNiles Foster
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Themes
civil warlove trianglelove19th century