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Raintree County

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When Southern belle Susanna Drake (Elizabeth Taylor) visits Indiana, she falls for John Wickliff Shawnessy (Montgomery Clift), an abolitionist with strong ideals. However, John falters while he lets Drake tempt him away from his true love, Nell Gaither (Eva Marie Saint). After Drake deceives John into marriage, the two move to her New Orleans household, where he discovers that mental illness runs in her family. When the Civil War begins, John uses it to escape from the unhappy marriage.

Critics Reviews

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TIME Magazine 03/23/2011
Begins in tedium and ends, 168 leaden minutes later, in apathy. Go to Full Review Variety Staff Variety 03/26/2009
Picture lacks highlight material; even the war scenes don't quite have the necessary impact and the relationship between Taylor and Clift could have been charged up more. Go to Full Review Geoff Andrew Time Out 06/24/2006
MGM's attempt to repeat the success of Gone With the Wind turned out to be an elephantine bore. Go to Full Review Chase Burns The Stranger (Seattle, WA) 12/08/2021
The film is often problematic and criminally boring. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/13/2011
C+
The acting of Liz Taylor and Monty Clift is not bad, but MGM's effort to recreate another successful Civil war melodrama in the mold of Gone With the Wind is disppointing for many different reaons. Go to Full Review TV Guide 03/23/2011
3/4
Handsomely mounted and boasts a superb cast. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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j f @LiberteBurrows 05/04/2024 All over the map thematically. Period piece that dabbles in romance, drama, war, even psychological horror, but none entirely. Pretty weird. See more jimmy b 03/22/2024 How Liz got her first Oscar nomination for this performance instead of the year prior for "Giant" is beyond me. This movie will rain on your tree and put you to sleep. See more joe s 08/28/2021 Even the excellent cast can't save this turkey. The most boring film in the history of cinema. If you have insomnia, a few moments of this film will cure it. See more 07/10/2021 This film lasts longer than the Civil War. See more steve d 07/20/2020 Clift and Eva Marie Saint are great the rest is not. See more Rich S @RPS1963 07/01/2020 This film is important for three reasons: Taylor got her first Academy Awards nomination for Best Actress. It was the first of four consecutive nominations. While Taylor's accent could not have gotten her over the top in this role, her portrayal as a crazy, lying, conniving "get-whatever-I-want" Southern Belle did. And the third reason is it will make you appreciate Gone With the Wind that much more. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Edward Dmytryk

Director

Montgomery Clift

John Wickliff Shawnessy

Elizabeth Taylor

Susanna Drake

Eva Marie Saint

Nell Gaither

Nigel Patrick

Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles

Lee Marvin

Orville "Flash" Perkins

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Synopsis When Southern belle Susanna Drake (Elizabeth Taylor) visits Indiana, she falls for John Wickliff Shawnessy (Montgomery Clift), an abolitionist with strong ideals. However, John falters while he lets Drake tempt him away from his true love, Nell Gaither (Eva Marie Saint). After Drake deceives John into marriage, the two move to her New Orleans household, where he discovers that mental illness runs in her family. When the Civil War begins, John uses it to escape from the unhappy marriage.
Director
Edward Dmytryk
Producer
David Lewis
Screenwriter
Millard Kaufman
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Jan 15, 2007
Runtime
2h 48m