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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
The novel, set in fictional Raintree County, Indiana, is essentially in two parts; before the Civil War and after. It spans the 19th century history of the United States, from the pre-Civil War westward expansion, to the debate over slavery, to the Civil War, to the Industrial Revolution and the Labor Movement which followed.
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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.
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.
In the town of Freehaven in Raintree County, Indiana, the high school class of 1859 poses for a photograph. Everyone expects great things of valedictorian John Wickliff Shawnessy, in particular his sweetheart, Nell Gaither, who admires Johnny for his idealism, poetry and respect for truth and justice.
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.
