Friendly Persuasion
The patriarch of a peace-loving Quaker family, Jess Birdwell (Gary Cooper), begins to question his pacifist values when the Civil War moves toward his close-knit Indiana community. Meanwhile, Jess's daughter, Mattie, is in love with a soldier, and her brother, Josh (Anthony Perkins), contemplates picking up arms to defend his home lest he be considered a coward. As Confederate forces draw nearer, the Birdwells must make some difficult, life-altering decisions. …
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Dorothy McGuire
American actress
Anthony Perkins
American actor
Gary Cooper
William Wyler
Film director
Paul Benjamin
American actor
Richard Kiley
American stage actor
Tracie Savage
American actress
Clifton James
American actor
Marjorie Main
American character actress
Joel Fluellen
Actor
Tony Perkins
Basketball player
Peter Mark Richman
American actor
Maria Grimm
Actress
Richard Eyer
American former child actor
Robert Minor
Political cartoonist
Robert Lee Minor
American stunt performer
Walter Catlett
American actor
Robert Middleton
American film actor
Edna Skinner
American film actress
John Cacavas
American composer
Sparky Marcus
American actor
Peter Mark
Company
Erik Holland
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Phyllis Love
American theater actress
Sam Middleton
Artist
Jim Clifton
CEO of Gallup
Garry Cooper
Actor
Jessamyn West
American author
James Clifton
Biographer
Eliza Birdwell
Fictional character
Josh Birdwell
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Gard Jordan
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Mattie Birdwell
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Little Jess Birdwell
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The widow Hudspeth
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Professor Quigley
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Pearl Hudspeth
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Major Harvey
Sam Jordan
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Ruby Hudspeth
Opal Hudspeth
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Michael Wilson
Australian rules football player
Robert Swink
American film editor
