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.

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Cast

Elizabeth Taylor

Montgomery Clift

Eva Marie Saint

Nigel Patrick

Lee Marvin

Rod Taylor

Agnes Moorehead

Walter Abel

Jarma Lewis

Tom Drake