Raintree County
In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance
Rating: 6.4 out of 10TMDB(59 votes)
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
4 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Actress (1958)
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Box office
Grossed $9.08M worldwide, about 1.7 times its $5.47M budget
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Setting
Set in Indiana
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Music
Music by Johnny Green
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Robert L. Surtees
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Ross Lockridge Jr.Novel
- Millard KaufmanScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 20, 1957
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $5.5M
- Revenue
- $9.1M
- Countries
- United States of America
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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
DeForest KelleySouthern Officer- Eileen StevensMiss Roman
- Luana LeeGirl (uncredited)
Sue GeorgeUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Myrna HansenMrs. Lydia Gray (uncredited)
Fred AldrichTownsman (uncredited)
Ruth AttawayParthenia (uncredited)- John BartonTownsman (uncredited)
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