Friendly Persuasion

(1956)

137 minutes

Civil War / Drama / Western

Directed by William Wyler

Cast:

Gary Cooper as Jess Birdwell 
Dorothy McGuire as Eliza Birdwell 
Anthony Perkins as Josh Birdwell 
Richard Eyer as Little Jess Birdwell 
Robert Middleton as Sam Jordan 
Phyllis Love as Mattie Birdwell 
Peter Mark Richman as Gard Jordan 
Walter Catlett as Professor Quigley 
Richard Hale as Purdy 
Joel Fluellen as Enoch 
Theodore Newton as Major Harvey 
John Smith as Caleb Cope 
Edna Skinner as Opal Hudspeth 
Marjorie Durant as Pearl Hudspeth 
Frances Farwell as Ruby Hudspeth  
 
Friendly Persuasion trailer 

The film centers on a family of Quakers in Indiana during the Civil War in 1862. Their religion does not believe in violence and way, which they find difficult to get used to, especially when the Southern troops arrive with serious problems.