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.

Statements (52)

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 →
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 →
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 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
William Wyler →	directed
Dorothy McGuire →	notableWork