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  2. 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.

  3. A 1956 film directed by William Wyler and starring Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire as a Quaker couple facing the dilemma of pacifism and war. Based on a novel by Jessamyn West, the film explores the themes of family, love, and conscience in a turbulent time.

    • (7.8K)
    • Drama, Family, Romance
    • William Wyler
    • 1956-11-25
  4. Friendly Persuasion, American dramatic film, released in 1956, that depicts how the American Civil War disrupts the lives of a pacifist Quaker family. Jess Birdwell (played by Gary Cooper) and his wife, Eliza (Dorothy McGuire), are content in their lives as Quaker farmers living in southern Indiana.

    • Lee Pfeiffer
  5. A Quaker family faces the challenges of the Civil War in this film based on Jessamyn West's novel. Directed by William Wyler and starring Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire, Friendly Persuasion explores themes of pacifism, patriotism and family.

  6. 288. A Quaker family's idyllic life is torn by the family members' strong, conflicting beliefs--nonviolence, justice, truth and respect for individuality--as each confronts the approaching United...

  7. The patriarch of a peace-loving Quaker family, Jess Birdwell (Gary Cooper), begins to question his pacifist values when the Civil War moves toward his close-knit Indiana...

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    • Drama
  8. A Quaker family in Indiana faces a dilemma when the Civil War threatens their peaceful life and beliefs. The film explores their struggles with non-violence, slavery, love and faith in the face of war.