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 movie tells the story of a Quaker family in southern Indiana during the American Civil War and the way the war tests their pacifist beliefs.
Friendly Persuasion (1956)
Directed by William Wyler
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Movie Info
Official Site
Budget
$3,000,000
Box Office
$8,000,000
Themes
Tags
American Civil War, Civil War, County Fair, Faith, Film Based On Literature, Goose, Indiana, Quaker, Religion, Slavery, Spiritual/Religious
Attributes
Narrative Location: Indiana
Subject: Civil War
Subject: Civil War
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Alternate Titles
Beraber yaşayalım
TR
Convertire prietenoasa
RO
Folket i den lyckliga dalen
SE
Folket i den lykkelige dal
DK
Friendly Persuasion
AU, CA, EC, GB, US
La gran prueba
ES
La gran tentación
AR, CL, MX, VE
La legge del Signore
IT
La loi du Seigneur
CA, FR
Lockende Versuchung
AT, DE
Mr. Birdwell Goes to Battle
, US
Onnellisen laakson kansa
FI
Przyjacielska perswazja
PL
Sublime Tentação
BR, PT
Szemben az erőszakkal
HU
Ο άνθρωπος δίχως όπλα
GR
友情ある説得
JP
우정어린 설득
KR
프렌드리 퍼슈에이젼
KR