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Friendly Persuasion   1956         N/R, 140 min. Genre: Drama Director: William Wyler   Cast: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Phyllis Love, Marjorie Main, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Walter Catlett, Richard Hale, Joel Fluellen, Peter Mark Richman, Theodore Newton, John Smith, Marjorie Main   The Civil War interferes with a Quaker farm family's peaceful existence in Indiana. Son Josh (Anthony Perkins) defies his parents' (Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire) beliefs and enlists on the Union side as a soldier. The film accumulated several major Oscar nominations (Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Anthony Perkins), Song, Writing, and Sound). Cast Gary Cooper Jess Birdwell Dorothy McGuire Eliza Birdwell Anthony Perkins Josh Birdwell Phyllis Love Martha "Mattie" True Birdwell Marjorie Main The Widow Hudspeth Richard Eyer Little Jess Robert Middleton Sam Jordan Walter Catlett Professor Waldo Quigley Richard Hale Purdy Joel Fluellen Enoch Peter Mark Richman Gardner "Gard" Jordan Theodore Newton Major Harvey John Smith Caleb Cope Marjorie Main The Widow Hudspeth