RomanceDramaHistory

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.

"In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance"

Credits

Elizabeth TaylorSusanna Drake Shawnessy

Montgomery CliftJohn Wickliff Shawnessy

Eva Marie SaintNell Gaither

Nigel PatrickProf. Jerusalem Webster Stiles

Lee MarvinOrville 'Flash' Perkins