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Raintree County is a 1957 American epic historical romance western film adapted from the 1948 novel of the same name by Ross Lockridge Jr. The film was directed by Edward Dmytryk and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Raintree County: Directed by Edward Dmytryk. With Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick. A student falls in love with a Southern belle, but their relationship is complicated by her troubled past and the onset of the Civil War.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Edward Dmytryk
- 1957-12-20
Dec 3, 2021 · Raintree County. 1957 American epic historical romance film adapted from the 1948 novel by Ross Lockridge Jr. Directed by Edward Dmytryk from a screenplay by Millard Kaufman, starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Eve Marie Saint.
In this sumptuous Civil War story, a willful southern belle goes mad out of fear that she may be part black.
In mid-19th-century Freehaven, Raintree County, Indiana, John Wickliff Shawnessy (Montgomery Clift) has just graduated from high school at the top of his class, with a promising career as a writer.
When Southern belle Susanna Drake (Elizabeth Taylor) visits Indiana, she falls for John Wickliff Shawnessy (Montgomery Clift), an abolitionist with strong ideals. However, John falters while he ...
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Raintree County is a 1957 American epic historical romance western film adapted from the 1948 novel of the same name by Ross Lockridge Jr. The film was directed by Edward Dmytryk and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
