Raintree County

Raintree County

In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance

NR 1957 · 188 min · ★ 6.4 · Romance, Drama, History

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.

Directed by Edward Dmytryk · Written by Millard Kaufman

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