Synopsis

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.

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

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Eileen Stevens

Miss Roman

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Luana Lee

Girl (uncredited)

Sue George

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Myrna Hansen

Mrs. Lydia Gray (uncredited)

Fred Aldrich

Townsman (uncredited)

Ruth Attaway

Parthenia (uncredited)

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John Barton

Townsman (uncredited)

Oliver Blake

Jake - Bartender (uncredited)

Nesdon Booth

Spectator (uncredited)

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George Boyce

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Henry Brock

Minor Role (uncredited)

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