Friendly Persuasion (1956)

Directed by

William Wyler

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 17m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 144 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Quaker family in Indiana faces personal and moral tests during the American Civil War. The conflict challenges their commitment to pacifism and forces them to confront difficult choices about their beliefs.

slow-burnthoughtfulheartfeltquietly tensemelancholicwarmintrospectivefamily-centereddignified

What happens

Friendly Persuasion is a 1956 American Civil War drama film produced and directed by William Wyler. It stars Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Phyllis Love, Mark Richman, Walter Catlett and Marjorie Main. The screenplay by Michael Wilson was adapted from the 1945 novel The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West. The film tells the story of a Quaker family in southern Indiana during the American Civil War and the way the war tests their pacifist beliefs. The film received positive reviews, praised for its performances, but faced some criticism for inaccuracies in portraying Quaker views. It earned $4 million at the box office, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and received six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. Michael Wilson, the screenwriter, was initially uncredited due to being on the Hollywood blacklist but was later restored in 1996. Ronald Reagan gifted the film to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, symbolizing the pursuit of peaceful solutions to conflicts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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