Friendly Persuasion

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American film drama film film

Friendly Persuasion is a 1956 American drama film about a pacifist Quaker family during the American Civil War, based on Jessamyn West’s novel of the same name.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
aspectRatio	1.85:1 ⓘ
basedOn	Friendly Persuasion (novel) ⓘ
basedOnAuthor	Jessamyn West ⓘ
character	Eliza Birdwell ⓘ Jess Birdwell ⓘ Josh Birdwell ⓘ Little Jess Birdwell ⓘ The Widow Hudspeth ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Ellsworth Fredericks ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	William Wyler ⓘ
distributor	Allied Artists Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Robert Swink ⓘ
filmColor	color ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ war film ⓘ
leadActor	Gary Cooper ⓘ
leadActress	Dorothy McGuire ⓘ
mainTheme	Quaker life ⓘ pacifism ⓘ
musicBy	Dimitri Tiomkin ⓘ
narrativeFocus	Quaker family during the American Civil War ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
notableSong	Thee I Love ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
producer	William Wyler ⓘ
productionCompany	Allied Artists Pictures ⓘ surface form: Allied Artists
publicationYearOfSource	1945 ⓘ
releaseDate	1956-11-21 ⓘ
releaseYear	1956 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	137 ⓘ
screenwriter	Michael Wilson ⓘ
settingPeriod	American Civil War ⓘ
settingPlace	Indiana ⓘ
songComposer	Dimitri Tiomkin ⓘ
songLyricist	Paul Francis Webster ⓘ
starring	Anthony Perkins ⓘ Dorothy McGuire ⓘ Gary Cooper ⓘ Marjorie Main ⓘ Peter Mark Richman ⓘ Phyllis Love ⓘ Richard Eyer ⓘ Robert Middleton ⓘ

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William Wyler → directed → Friendly Persuasion ⓘ

Dorothy McGuire → notableWork → Friendly Persuasion ⓘ