Friendly Persuasion - British Trailer 1956

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January 28, 2009

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.

Gary Cooper - Jess Birdwell
Dorothy McGuire - Eliza Birdwell
Anthony Perkins - Josh Birdwell
Marjorie Main - Widow Hudspeth
Robert Middleton - Sam Jordan
Richard Eyer - Little Jess
Phyllis Love - Mattie Birdwell
Mark Richman - Gard Jordan
Walter Catlett - Prof. Waldo 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
Russell Simpson - Elder
Charles Halton - Elder
Everett Glass - Elder
James Anderson - Poor Loser
John Compton - Rebel Lieutenant
Chuck Courtney - Reb Courier
John Craven - Leader
James Dobson - Rebel Soldier
Richard Garland - Bushwhacker
Frank S. Hagney - Lemonade Vendor
Harry Hines - Barker
Earl Hodgins - Shooting Gallery Operator
Jean Innes - Mrs. Purdy
Tom Irish - Young Rebel
Mary Jackson - Country Woman
Frank Jenks - Shell Game Man
Diane Jergens - Young Girl Elizabeth
Donald Kerr - Manager
Helen Kleeb - Old Lady
Norman Leavitt - Clem
Nelson Leigh - Minister
John M. Pickard - Ex-Sergeant
Ivan Rasputin - Billy Goat
Henry Rowland - O'Hara
Ralph Sanford - Businessman
William Schallert - Young Husband
James Seay - Rebel Captain
Joe Turkel
Steve Warren - Haskell

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