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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)
- Director
- Writers
- Jessamyn West(uncredited)
- Michael Wilson(originally uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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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
Featured review
An exceptional film!
Wyler's "Friendly Persuasion" and "The Big Country" entitle an authentic and significant theme which is somewhat expressed in stronger terms in "Friendly Persuasion" but which meet with the impressive "The Big Country."
The story is simple, lovely and sensitive...
Gary Cooper, head of a Quaker family, is a loving husband and a caring father who has to consider his position at the outbreak of the Civil War in Southern Indiana... Cooper believes - as a father - that a man must be guided by his own conscience...
Anthony Perkins takes the part of Cooper's son which he plays beautifully... He is the 'peace-loving' young man who does not believe in fighting... He is like his mother shattered and teared apart by the events, but also feeling uncertainty about his capacity to meet danger without giving way to fear... Perkins sees that he has to convince himself that he is not a coward, so he becomes a member of the Home Guard, ready to defend the community...
Dorothy McGuire emits pleasant emotions as the Quaker mother, projecting inner beauty to her family...
Sentimental and well done, "Friendly Persuasion" is superbly acted and directed, beautifully shot in color... The film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Supporting Actor, Best Sound Recording and Best Song...
The story is simple, lovely and sensitive...
Gary Cooper, head of a Quaker family, is a loving husband and a caring father who has to consider his position at the outbreak of the Civil War in Southern Indiana... Cooper believes - as a father - that a man must be guided by his own conscience...
Anthony Perkins takes the part of Cooper's son which he plays beautifully... He is the 'peace-loving' young man who does not believe in fighting... He is like his mother shattered and teared apart by the events, but also feeling uncertainty about his capacity to meet danger without giving way to fear... Perkins sees that he has to convince himself that he is not a coward, so he becomes a member of the Home Guard, ready to defend the community...
Dorothy McGuire emits pleasant emotions as the Quaker mother, projecting inner beauty to her family...
Sentimental and well done, "Friendly Persuasion" is superbly acted and directed, beautifully shot in color... The film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Supporting Actor, Best Sound Recording and Best Song...
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- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 17 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.75 : 1
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