Summary
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.
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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
Sue George
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Myrna Hansen
Mrs. Lydia Gray (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
Townsman (uncredited)
Ruth Attaway
Parthenia (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Jake - Bartender (uncredited)
Don Burnett
Tom Conway (uncredited)
William Challee
Spectator (uncredited)
Phil Chambers
Starter (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
Townsman (uncredited)
Isabel Cooley
Soona - Susanna's Maid (uncredited)
Michael Dante
Jesse Gardner (uncredited)
James Dime
Bartender (uncredited)
John Eldredge
Cousin Sam (uncredited)
Robert Foulk
Pantomimist (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
Madame Gaubert (uncredited)
James Griffith
Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)
Myrna Hansen
Lydia Grey (uncredited)
Stacy Harris
Union Lieutenant (uncredited)
Bill Hickman
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Townsman (uncredited)
Frank Kreig
Spectator (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Townsman (uncredited)
Gardner McKay
Bearded Soldier (uncredited)
Ralph Moratz
Spectator at footrace (uncredited)
Burt Mustin
Old Gent with 'Flash' (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Prostitute (uncredited)
Christopher Riordan
Spectator at Footrace (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ron Soble
Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
Bill Walker
Old George (uncredited)
Charles Watts
Party Guest (uncredited)