
Cinetrā

Cinetrā

In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance
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.
World Premiere at Brown Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky. 1957
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick, Lee Marvin, Rod Taylor, Agnes Moorehead, Walter Abel, Jarma Lewis, Tom Drake, Rhys Williams, Russell Collins, DeForest Kelley, Eileen Stevens, Luana Lee, Sue George, Myrna Hansen, Fred Aldrich, Ruth Attaway, John Barton
Writers: Ross Lockridge Jr. (Novel), Millard Kaufman (Screenplay)
Cinematographer: Robert Surtees
Production Designer: Urie McCleary, William A. Horning
Editor: John D. Dunning
Sound Designer: Van Allen James, Lowell Kinsall
Composer: Johnny Green
Costume Designer: Walter Plunkett
Direction team: Ridgeway Callow (Assistant Director), Hank Moonjean (Assistant Director), Carl Roup (Assistant Director)
Producers: Millard Kaufman, Thomas D. Tannenbaum, David Lewis
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer