Friendly Persuasion (1956)

Jessamyn West

novel

Drama

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religous sect is strongly opposed to violence and war...

USA

137 min

(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

Reviews and Comments

A Wonderful Movie
Very good family entertainment.
An exceptional family film

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