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Friendly Persuasion is a 1956 American Civil War drama film produced and directed by William Wyler. It stars Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Phyllis Love, Mark Richman, Walter Catlett and Marjorie Main.
Friendly Persuasion: Directed by William Wyler. With Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer. The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.
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Friendly Persuasion (1956) focuses on a peaceful family of Quakers who are thrust into the Civil War when a band of Confederates known as Morgan's Raiders threatens their town. The eldest Birdwell son, Josh, hears a plea for young men to help fight off the marauders and begins to question the anti-war, anti-violence values of his religion.
A Quaker family live a peaceful and productive life in a prosperous Indiana farming community during the Civil War. Jess Birdwell, his wife Eliza and their children live their faith and their beliefs every day. They are friendly, open, honest and welcoming. They live an almost idyllic life.
The Friendly Persuasion is an American novel published in 1945 by Jessamyn West. [1] It was adapted as the motion picture Friendly Persuasion in 1956. [ 2 ] The book consists of 14 vignettes about a Quaker farming family, [ 3 ] the Birdwells, living near the town of Vernon in southern Indiana [ 1 ] along "the banks of the Muscatatuck , where ...
The patriarch of a peace-loving Quaker family, Jess Birdwell (Gary Cooper), begins to question his pacifist values when the Civil War moves toward his close-knit Indiana...
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A devout Southern Indiana Quaker family attempts to resist the call to arms during the Civil War, but their pacifism is sorely tested by the events that engulf them in this classic film. 2,365 IMDb 7.3 2 h 17 min 1956. X-Ray 13+. Drama · Romance · Harrowing · Heartwarming. Available to rent or buy.
Friendly Persuasion, American dramatic film, released in 1956, that depicts how the American Civil War disrupts the lives of a pacifist Quaker family. Jess Birdwell (played by Gary Cooper) and his wife, Eliza (Dorothy McGuire), are content in their lives as Quaker farmers living in southern Indiana.
Friendly Persuasion is a 1956 drama directed by William Wyler, featuring Gary Cooper as Jess Birdwell. The film follows the Birdwell family, Quakers living in Indiana during the Civil War, as they grapple with their pacifist beliefs when faced with the realities of the conflict encroaching upon their peaceful lives. Co-starring Dorothy McGuire and Anthony Perkins, the film explores themes of ...
