Summary
Raintree County is an American romantic film drama first released in 1957,
directed by Edward Dmytryk.
The film stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick and Lee Marvin.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Edward Dmytryk
- Script: Ross Lockridge Jr., Millard Kaufman
- Photo: Robert Surtees
- Music: Johnny Green
- Cast: Montgomery Clift (John Wickliff Shawnessy), Elizabeth Taylor (Susanna Drake), 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), Jarma Lewis (Barbara Drake), Tom Drake (Bobby Drake), Rhys Williams (Ezra Gray), Russell Collins (Niles Foster), DeForest Kelley (Southern officer), Ruth Attaway (Parthenia), Oliver Blake (Jake (bartender)), Nesdon Booth (Spectator), Henry Brock, Don Burnett (Tom Conway), William Challee (Spectator), Phil Chambers (Starter), Isabel Cooley (Soona (Susanna’s maid)), Josephine Cummins (Woman), Jack Daly (Photographer), Michael Dante (Jesse Gardner), Phyllis Douglas (Girl), Michael Dugan (Nat Franklin), John Eldredge (Cousin Sam), Robert Foulk (Pantomimist), Sue George (Girl), Dorothy Granger (Madame Gaubert), James Griffith (Mr. Gray’s searching companion), Myrna Hansen (Lydia Grey), Stacy Harris (Union lieutenant), Rosalind Hayes (Bessie), Judi Jordan (Girl), Frank Kreig (Spectator), Janet Lake (Girl), Luanan Lee (Girl), Donald Losby (Jim Shawnessy, age 2), Mickey Maga (Jim Shawnessy, age 4), Owen McGiveney (Blind man), Gardner McKay (Bearded soldier), Frank Mills (Bummer (Union soldier)), Burt Mustin (Old gent with ’Flash’), Milicent Patrick, Christopher Riordan (John’s son), Eileen Stevens (Miss Roman), Robert Stevenson (Spectator), Bill Walker (Old George), Charles Watts (Party guest)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 188 min
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Drama / Romance






