Raintree County (1957)

12/20/1957 3h 8m

In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance

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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 Ages at Release

Elizabeth Taylor

as Susanna Drake Shawnessy

Born 02/27/1932

Died 03/23/2011, age

Montgomery Clift

as John Wickliff Shawnessy

Born 10/17/1920

Died 07/23/1966, age

Eva Marie Saint

as Nell Gaither

Born 07/04/1924, age

Nigel Patrick

as Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles

Born 05/02/1913

Died 09/21/1981, age

Lee Marvin

as Orville 'Flash' Perkins

Born 02/19/1924

Died 08/29/1987, age

Rod Taylor

as Garwood B. Jones

Born 01/11/1930

Died 01/07/2015, age

Agnes Moorehead

as Ellen Shawnessy

Born 12/04/1900

Died 04/30/1974, age

Walter Abel

as T.D. Shawnessy

Born 06/05/1898

Died 03/26/1987, age

DeForest Kelley

as Southern Officer

Born 01/20/1920

Died 06/11/1999, age

Michael Dante

as Jesse Gardner (uncredited)

Born 09/02/1931, age

Gardner McKay

as Bearded Soldier (uncredited)

Born 06/10/1932

Died 11/21/2001, age