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.

Genre: Drama, History, Romance Actors: Agnes Moorehead, Bill Hickman, Bill Walker, Boyd Cabeen, Burt Mustin, Charles Watts, Christopher Riordan, Dan Dowling, DeForest Kelley, Don Burnett, Donald Losby, Dorothy Granger, Duke Fishman, Edwin Rochelle, Eileen Stevens, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Ford Raymond, Frank Kreig, Frank Mills, Fred Aldrich, Gardner McKay, Gene Coogan, George Boyce, George Ford, Henry Brock, Isabel Cooley, Jack Daly, Jack Kenny, James Dime, James Griffith, Janet Lake, Jarma Lewis, Jimmie Horan, Joel Friend, John Barton, John Eldredge, Joseph Glick, Josephine Cummins, Judi Jordan, Lee Marvin, Luana Lee, Michael Dante, Michael Dugan, Mickey Maga, Montgomery Clift, Myrna Hansen, Nesdon Booth, Nigel Patrick, Oliver Blake, Owen McGiveney, Phil Chambers, Phil Schumacher, Philo McCullough, Phyllis Douglas, Ralph Moratz, Ray Pourchot, Rhys Williams, Robert Cole, Robert Foulk, Robert Robinson, Robert Stevenson, Robert Strong, Rod Taylor, Ron Soble, Rosalind Hayes, Russell Collins, Russell Meeker, Ruth Attaway, Scott Seaton, Stacy Harris, Sue George, Suzanne Ridgway, Tom Drake, Tony Rosa, Walter Abel, William Challee Directors: Edward Dmytryk Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer