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Raintree County (1957)

Raintree County

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12

2h 40m

Drama, Historical, Romance, War, Western

October 2nd, 1957

6.3/10

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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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Cast

Montgomery Clift
John Wickliff Shawnessy
Elizabeth Taylor
Susanna Drake Shawnessy
Eva Marie Saint
Nell Gaither
Nigel Patrick
Professor 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
Full cast & crew

Directors

Edward Dmytryk
Full cast & crew

Producers

Millard Kaufman
associate producer
David Lewis
producer
Thomas D. Tannenbaum
associate producer
(uncredited)
Full cast & crew

Writers

Millard Kaufman
screenplay
Ross Lockridge Jr.
novel
Full cast & crew

Taglines

In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance
M-G-M's Mighty Motion Picture Spectacle!

Keywords

horseback riding
kiss
forest
All Keywords

Country of Origin

United States of America

Languages

English

Release Dates

September 9th, 1958 (Argentina)
April 5th, 1958 (Australia)
June 8th, 1960 (Denmark)
All Release Dates

Alternative Titles

Raintree County (original title)
El árbol de la vida (Argentina)
Raintree County (Australia)
All Alternative Titles

Locations

Danville, Kentucky, USA
Lot 3, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
McCracken County, Kentucky, USA
All Locations

Running Times

160 min ((Australia))
168 min (United States of America) (original)
182 min
All Running Times

Sound Mixes

Mono (35 mm prints)
4-Track Stereo

Aspect Ratios

2.35 : 1 (35 mm prints)
2.76 : 1 (65 mm version)

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Distribution Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (Argentina)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (Belgium)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (Finland)
All Distribution Companies

Other Companies

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company (we gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of) (as The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company) / (train)
Turner Entertainment (vhs package design)
Westrex Recording System (sound recording system)
All Other Companies

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