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Friendly Persuasion (1956)
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GenreDrama
SynopsisThe story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religous sect is strongly opposed to violence and war...
Filmed inUSA
Runtime137 min
Average Rating![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (5.0 on 5) |
Casting:
| Gary Cooper | Jess Birdwell | |
| Dorothy McGuire | Eliza Birdwell | |
| Anthony Perkins | Josh Birdwell | |
| Richard Eyer | Little Jess | |
| Robert Middleton | Sam Jordan | |
| Phyllis Love | Martha 'Mattie' True Birdwell | |
| Peter Mark Richman | Gardner 'Gard' Jordan | |
| Walter Catlett | Prof Waldo Quigley | |
| Richard Hale | Purdy (violent Quaker) | |
| Joel Fluellen | Enoch (black hired hand) | |
| Theodore Newton | Maj Harvey (recruiter in meetinig) | |
| John Smith | Caleb Cope (wrestling Quaker) | |
| Edna Skinner | Opal Hudspeth | |
| Marjorie Durant | Pearl Hudspeth (pipe-smoking woodcutter in braids) | |
| Frances Farwell | Ruby Hudspeth |




A Wonderful Movie 



Very good family entertainment.



An exceptional family film





















