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Friendly Persuasion [Blu-ray]
Director: William Wyler Cast: Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper
, Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire
, Anthony Perkins
Anthony Perkins
, Marjorie Main
Marjorie Main
William Wyler
Friendly Persuasion [Blu-ray]
Director: William Wyler Cast: Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper
, Dorothy McGuire
Dorothy McGuire
, Anthony Perkins
Anthony Perkins
, Marjorie Main
Marjorie Main
William Wyler
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Overview
Adapted from the best-selling novel by Jessamyn West, Friendly Persuasion is set in Southern Indiana in the early days of the Civil War. Gary Cooper plays Jess Birdwell, patriarch of a Quaker family which does not believe in warfare. Birdwell's son Josh (Anthony Perkins) wishes to adhere to his family's pacifism, but is afraid that if he doesn't sign up for military service, he'll prove to be a coward. Josh joins the Home Guard, which disturbs his mother Eliza (Dorothy McGuire). But Jess Birdwell realizes that his son must follow the dictates of his own conscience. Josh proves his courage to himself when he is wounded during a Rebel raid, while the elder Birdwell is able to stay faithful to his religious calling by not killing a Southern soldier when given both a chance and a good reason to do so. Allegedly, writer Jessamyn West nearly scotched her deal with producer/director William Wyler and distributor Allied Artists when Gary Cooper, taking his fans into consideration, insisted upon including a scene in which he forsakes his pacifism and takes arms against the Rebels. If true, then wiser heads prevailed, since no such scene exists in the final release print. Though uncredited due to his status as a blacklistee, Michael Wilson wrote the screenplay for Friendly Persuasion--and even won an Oscar nomination. Also nominated was the film's chart-busting theme song, "Thee I Love" (by Dmitri Tiomkin and Paul Francis Webster). The story was remade as a 2-hour TV pilot film in 1975.
Product Details
Release Date: | 05/14/2024 |
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UPC: | 0840418304556 |
Original Release: | 1956 |
Rating: | NR |
Language: | English |
Time: | 2:17:00 |
Sales rank: | 5,500 |
Cast & Crew
Performance Credits
Technical Credits
Gary Cooper | Jess Birdwell |
Dorothy McGuire | Eliza Birdwell |
Anthony Perkins | Josh Birdwell |
Marjorie Main | Widow Hudspeth |
Richard Eyer | Little Jess |
Phyllis Love | Mattie Birdwell |
Robert Middleton | Sam Jordan |
Mark Richman | Gard Jordan |
Walter Catlett | Professor Quigley |
Richard Hale | Elder Purdy |
Joel Fluellen | Enoch |
Theodore Newton | Army Major |
John Smith | Caleb |
Mary Carr | Emma, Quaker Woman |
Edna Skinner | Widow Hudspeth's Daughter |
Marjorie Durant | Widow Hudspeth's Daughter |
Frances Farwell | Widow Hudspeth's Daughter |
Charles Halton | Elder |
Russell Simpson | Elder |
Everett Glass | Elder |
Richard Garland | Bushwhacker |
James Dobson | Rebel Soldier |
John Compton | Rebel Lieutenant |
James Seay | Rebel Captain |
Diane Jergens | Young Girl Elizabeth |
Earl Hodgins | Shooting Gallery Operator,Shooting Gallery Operator |
Ralph Sanford | Businessman |
Jean Inness | Mrs. Purdy |
John Pickard | Ex-Sergeant,Ex-Sergeant |
Nelson Leigh | Minister |
Helen Kleeb | Old Lady |
William Schallert | Young Husband |
Joe Turkel | Actor,Poor Loser |
John Craven | Leader |
Frank Jenks | Shell Game Man |
Frank Hagney | Lemonade Vendor,Lemonade Vendor |
Jack McClure | Soldier |
Chuck Courtney | Reb Courier |
Tom Irish | Young Rebel |
Mary Jackson | Country Woman |
James Anderson | Poor Loser |
Harry Hines | Barker |
Henry Rowland | O'Hara |
Ivan Rasputin | Billy Goat |
Donald Kerr | Manager |
Steve Warren | Haskell |
Norman Leavitt | Clem |
Dan Kennedy | Buster |
Dimitri Tiomkin | Composer |
Irvin Ashkenazy | Farmer |
Walter Bacon | Carnival Patron |
Benjie Bancroft | Carnival Patron |
John Barton | Carnival Patron |
Phil Bloom | Carnival Patron |
Nick Borgani | Carnival Patron |
Chet Brandenburg | Quaker |
Tex Brodus | Carnival Patron |
Technical Credits
William Wyler | Director,Producer,Producer |
Michael Wilson | Screenwriter |
Gordon R. Glennan | Sound/Sound Designer |
Gordon Sawyer | Sound/Sound Designer |
Jessamyn West | Screenwriter |
Walter Mirisch | Producer |
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