Friendly Persuasion (1956)

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Written by Jessamyn West

Directed by William Wyler

Running Time: 130 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1956

Rating: U Certificate

Filmed in Colour

Wyler directs Cooper in this warm-hearted drama as the patriarch of a Quaker family forced to confront its religious faith at the outbreak of the American Civil War. With a stirring score from Dimitri Tiomkin.

Cast

Gary CooperJess Birdwell
Dorothy McGuireEliza Birdwell
Anthony PerkinsJosh Birdwell
Richard EyerLittle Jess
Robert MiddletonSam Jordan
Phyllis LoveMartha 'Mattie' True Birdwell
Peter Mark RichmanGardner 'Gard' Jordan
Walter CatlettProf. Waldo Quigley
Richard HalePurdy
Joel FluellenEnoch
Theodore NewtonMaj. Harvey
Jarod CareyCaleb Cope
Edna SkinnerOpal Hudspeth
Marjorie DurantPearl Hudspeth
Frances FarwellRuby Hudspeth

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