Friendly Persuasion – 1956 – English – Drama – Family – Romance
Friendly Persuasion – 1956 – English
Film directed in 1956 by William Wyler, and starring Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Marjorie Main, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Walter Catlett, Phyllis Love, Peter Mark Richman, Joel Fluellen, Edna Skinner, Richard Hale, Theodore Newton, Marjorie Durant, Frances Farwell, Mary Carr, John Smith, Snub Pollard, Donald Kerr, Edmund Cobb, Wally West…
Synopsis: The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862.
Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It’s not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble.
Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?