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.
Genre: Drama, History, Romance Actors: Agnes Moorehead, DeForest Kelley, Eileen Stevens, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Jarma Lewis, Lee Marvin, Luana Lee, Montgomery Clift, Myrna Hansen, Nigel Patrick, Rhys Williams, Rod Taylor, Russell Collins, Sue George, Tom Drake, Walter Abel Directors: Edward Dmytryk Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer