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Raintree County

1957 · 3h 8m · Drama, History, Romance · United States of America · Rated U (FR)

In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance

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.

Directed by
Edward Dmytryk
Written by
Millard Kaufman
Based on the novel by
Ross Lockridge Jr.
Starring
Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick
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