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.

• DirectorEdward Dmytryk
• Release20 December 1957
• Genre
  Romance / Drama
• Duration3h 8m
• Budget$5,474,000
• Revenue$9,080,000
• Rate
  

  6.4
  54 reviews
• Productions

  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer