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7.3/10
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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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- 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
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Sensitive, sentimental, but also witty
Extra fun watching with fellow Quakers on a course in England, a film sensitively exploring the situation of Quakers at a transitional time in the 19th century, soon to on the whole discard the obsession with hats and the universal 'Thou' and 'Thee', but yet to be greatly challenged into 20th century with choices of behaviour at times of war. There's a lot of laughs but it stops short of mockery and there's real sympathy to be had for the Quaker nuclear family so well played here by all. The novelties and dissipations of the time are viewed through a Quaker lens and of course some kind of accommodation to it all, indeed to the matter of the civil war's challenges takes place, but all participants maintain their dignity and self-assurance. There's lots of mild innuendo and diversion from the serious matters, which all get wrapped up oddly satisfactorily in a little over 2 hours.
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- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 17 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.75 : 1
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