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.

Main 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