Raintree County

Raintree County

168 mins | Drama, Romance | Dec. 20, 1957

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.

Raintree County

168 mins | Drama, Romance | Dec. 20, 1957

Raintree County
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Raintree County
Directors Edward Dmytryk
Writers Ross Lockridge Jr., Millard Kaufman

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor

as Susanna Drake Shawnessy

Montgomery Clift

as John Wickliff Shawnessy

Eva Marie Saint

as Nell Gaither

Nigel Patrick

as Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles

Lee Marvin

as Orville 'Flash' Perkins

Rod Taylor

as Garwood B. Jones

Agnes Moorehead

as Ellen Shawnessy

Walter Abel

as T.D. Shawnessy

Jarma Lewis

as Barbara Drake

Tom Drake

as Bobby Drake

Rhys Williams

as Ezra Gray

Russell Collins

as Niles Foster

DeForest Kelley

as Southern Officer

Eileen Stevens

as Miss Roman

Luana Lee

as Girl (uncredited)

Sue George

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)