Raintree County

Raintree County

1957 · 188 min · EN · NR · 6.2 (45 votes)
Dir. Edward Dmytryk · Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick, Lee Marvin, Rod Taylor · Music Johnny Green

In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance

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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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A sweeping, romantic epic that feels like a faded photograph. It's a melancholic journey through love and loss against the backdrop of a changing America, filled with yearning and grand, dramatic gestures.

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