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7.3/10
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The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.
- Nominated for 6 Oscars
- 5 wins & 11 nominations total
Peter Mark Richman
- Gard Jordan
- (as Mark Richman)
James Anderson
- Poor Loser Dunked by Jess
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGary Cooper originally did not want to play a father of grown children. This was despite the fact that he was 55 in real life. Ironically, many critics in 1956 felt he looked too old to play Jess Birdwell.
- GoofsThe Minneapolis steam engine at the fair is too new for the Civil War era.
- Quotes
Jess Birdwell: I'm just his father, Eliza, not his conscience. A man's life ain't worth a hill of beans except he lives up to his own conscience.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Family Classics: Family Classics: Friendly Persuasion (1963)
- SoundtracksFriendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)
(1956)
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Sung by Pat Boone
Dot Recording Artist
sung during the opening credits and at the end
Played often in the score and occasionally sung by a chorus
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This piece of authentic homespun Americana is still one of a handful of truly great films made by its director William Wyler. It won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, something almost unheard of for an American film at the time. It's simplicity itself; a tale of Quakers during the American Civil War and very smiliar in style and tone to Andrew McLaglen's "Shenandoah". Gary Cooper, (never better), is the peace-loving farmer, Dorothy McGuire, (equally good), is his wife and Anthony Perkins, (brilliant in only his second film and picking up an Oscar nomination), is the son who goes off to fight.
Wyler, who himself served in the Second World War, was too canny a director to make an outright anti-war film though the message of the picture is clear. He was also too good a director to fudge it. It may move at a quiet, almost stately pace while remaining one of his most overtly cinematic pictures. A huge hit in its day, it seems now to have all but disappeared.
Wyler, who himself served in the Second World War, was too canny a director to make an outright anti-war film though the message of the picture is clear. He was also too good a director to fudge it. It may move at a quiet, almost stately pace while remaining one of his most overtly cinematic pictures. A huge hit in its day, it seems now to have all but disappeared.
- MOscarbradley
- Aug 3, 2018
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- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 17 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.75 : 1
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