Movie

Raintree County (1957)

• NR
• December 20, 1957
• 3h 8m

• Romance
• Drama
• History

“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.

Director

Edward Dmytryk

Writers

Millard Kaufman, Ross Lockridge Jr.

Starring

Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint