Friendly Persuasion
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.
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| Produced by | Robert Wyler
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| Cinematography | Ellsworth Fredericks
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| Distributed by | Allied Artists (USA)
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| Running time | 137 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $3 million
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| Box office | $8 million (as of 1960)
3,051,784 admissions (France) |
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- Originally released without screenwriting credit due to blacklisting of Michael Wilson; credits restored in 1996.
- The official name of the Quaker religion is Society of Friends. Members of the faith are called Friends and nicknamed Quakers. The book is called "The Friendly Persuasion", meaning the faith. The film is simply called "Friendly Persuasion," which more specifically refers to the Quakers' way of communicating.
- Final film of Charles Halton.
- Gary Cooper initially turned the film down because he didn't believe the American public would accept him as a devout Quaker father.
- This was President Ronald Reagan's favorite film. In May 1988 he presented Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev with a VHS copy.
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