Friendly Persuasion

A Quaker man and his son must reconcile their moral opposition to war and killing when urged to defend the Union during the Civil War.
Directed by
William Wyler
Cast
Gary Cooper - Jess Birdwell
Dorothy McGuire - Eliza Birdwell
Marjorie Main - Widow Hudspeth
Anthony Perkins - Josh Birdwell
Richard Eyer - Little Jess
Robert Middleton - Sam Jordan
Phyllis Love - Mattie Birdwell
Mark Richman - Gard Jordan
Walter Catlett - Professor Ouigley
Richard Hale - Elder
Joel Fluellen - Enoch
Theodore Newton - Army Major
John Smith - Caleb
Production Co.
Allied Artists
Produced by
William Wyler
Robert Wyler
Studio
Allied Artists
Writer
Jessamyn West
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin












