Raintree County

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.

Romance Drama History

Elizabeth Taylor

(Susanna Drake Shawnessy)

Montgomery Clift

(John Wickliff Shawnessy)

Eva Marie Saint

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

Rhys Williams

Russell Collins

DeForest Kelley

(Southern Officer)

Eileen Stevens

Luana Lee

(Girl (uncredited))

Sue George

(Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited))

Myrna Hansen

(Mrs. Lydia Gray (uncredited))

Fred Aldrich

(Townsman (uncredited))

Ruth Attaway

(Parthenia (uncredited))

John Barton

(Townsman (uncredited))

Oliver Blake

(Jake - Bartender (uncredited))

Nesdon Booth

(Spectator (uncredited))

George Boyce

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Henry Brock

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Don Burnett

(Tom Conway (uncredited))

Boyd Cabeen

(Townsman (uncredited))

William Challee

(Spectator (uncredited))

Phil Chambers

(Starter (uncredited))

Robert Cole

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Gene Coogan

(Townsman (uncredited))

Isabel Cooley

(Soona - Susanna's Maid (uncredited))

Josephine Cummins

(Woman (uncredited))

Jack Daly

(Photographer (uncredited))

Michael Dante

(Jesse Gardner (uncredited))

James Dime

(Bartender (uncredited))

Phyllis Douglas

(Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited))

Dan Dowling

(Club Patron (uncredited))

Michael Dugan

(Nat Franklin (uncredited))

John Eldredge

(Cousin Sam (uncredited))

Duke Fishman

(Townsman (uncredited))

George Ford

(Club Patron (uncredited))

Robert Foulk

(Pantomimist (uncredited))

Joel Friend

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Joseph Glick

(Soldier (uncredited))

Dorothy Granger

(Madame Gaubert (uncredited))

James Griffith

(Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited))

Myrna Hansen

(Lydia Grey (uncredited))

Stacy Harris

(Union Lieutenant (uncredited))

Rosalind Hayes

(Bessie (uncredited))

Bill Hickman

(Townsman (uncredited))

Jimmie Horan

(Townsman (uncredited))

Judi Jordan

(Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited))

Jack Kenny

(Townsman (uncredited))

Frank Kreig

(Spectator (uncredited))

Janet Lake

(Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited))

Donald Losby

(Jim Shawnessy - Age 2 (uncredited))

Mickey Maga

(Jim Shawnessy - Age 4 (uncredited))

Philo McCullough

(Townsman (uncredited))

Owen McGiveney

(Blind Man (uncredited))

Gardner McKay

(Bearded Soldier (uncredited))

Russell Meeker

(Townsman (uncredited))

Frank Mills

(Soldier (uncredited))

Ralph Moratz

(Spectator at footrace (uncredited))

Burt Mustin

(Old Gent with 'Flash' (uncredited))

Ray Pourchot

(Soldier (uncredited))

Ford Raymond

(Townsman (uncredited))

Suzanne Ridgway

(Prostitute (uncredited))

Christopher Riordan

(Spectator at Footrace (uncredited))

Robert Robinson

(Townsman (uncredited))

Edwin Rochelle

(Townsman (uncredited))

Tony Rosa

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Phil Schumacher

(Townsman (uncredited))

Scott Seaton

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Ron Soble

(Rebel Soldier (uncredited))

Eileen Stevens

(Miss Roman (uncredited))

Robert Stevenson

(Spectator (uncredited))

Robert Strong

(Townsman (uncredited))

Bill Walker

(Old George (uncredited))

Charles Watts

(Party Guest (uncredited))