Friendly Persuasion (1956)
November 25, 1956Release Date
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
November 25, 1956Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Gary Cooper
Jess Birdwell
Dorothy McGuire
Eliza Birdwell
Anthony Perkins
Josh Birdwell
Richard Eyer
Little Jess Birdwell
Robert Middleton
Sam Jordan
Phyllis Love
Mattie Birdwell
Peter Mark Richman
Gard Jordan
Walter Catlett
Professor Quigley
Richard Hale
Purdy
Theodore Newton
Major Harvey
Joel Fluellen
Enoch
William Wyler
Director
John Smith
Caleb Cope
Edna Skinner
Opal Hudspeth
Jessamyn West
Writer
Marjorie Durant
Pearl Hudspeth
Michael Wilson
Writer
Frances Farwell
Ruby Hudspeth
Marjorie Main
The Widow Hudspeth
Dimitri Tiomkin
Composer
Edward Andrews
Soldier (uncredited)
Ellsworth Fredericks
Cinematographer
Robert Fuller
Youthful Soldier at Shooting Gallery (uncredited)
Robert Belcher
Editor
Edward A. Biery
Editor
Norman Leavitt
Clem - Looter (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh
Methodist Minister (uncredited)
Robert Swink
Editor
Tom London
Farmer on Front Line with Gard (uncredited)
Doug McClure
Soldier (uncredited)
William Schallert
Young Husband (uncredited)
Joe Turkel
Poor Loser (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Ivan Rasputin
Billy Goat - Wrestling Challenger (uncredited)
Russell Simpson
Brother Griffith - Elder (uncredited)
Jean Inness
Mrs Purdy (uncredited)
Charles Halton
Village Elder
Allen K. Wood
Production Manager
Robert Wyler
Associate Producer
Ted Haworth
Art Direction
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 25, 1956
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 17m
Budget$3,000,000
Box Office$8,000,000
Genres
Wiki.
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. The screenplay by Michael Wilson was adapted from the 1945 novel The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West. The movie tells the story of a Quaker family in southern Indiana during the American Civil War and the way the war tests their pacifist beliefs.
The film received positive reviews, praised for its performances, but faced some criticism for inaccuracies in portraying Quaker views. It earned $4 million at the box office, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and received six Academy Award nominations. Michael Wilson, the screenwriter, was initially uncredited due to being on the Hollywood blacklist but was later restored in 1996.Ronald Reagan gifted the film to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, symbolizing the pursuit of peaceful solutions to conflicts.