Raintree County

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Raintree County
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Produced by David Lewis
Written by Millard Kaufman
Starring Montgomery Clift
Elizabeth Taylor
Eva Marie Saint
Lee Marvin
Rod Taylor
Music by Johnny Green
Cinematography Robert Surtees
Editing by John D. Dunning
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Release date(s) 1957
Running time 182 min
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Raintree County is a novel by Ross Lockridge, Jr.. It tells the story of a small-town Midwestern teacher and poet who, in his younger days before his service as a Union soldier in the Civil War, met and married a beautiful Southern belle; however, her emotional instability leads to the destruction of their marriage.

The novel was made into a 1957 film starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick, Lee Marvin, Rod Taylor and Agnes Moorehead. It was adapted by Millard Kaufman and directed by Edward Dmytryk.

Elizabeth Taylor was nominated for for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film was nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design and Best Music, Scoring.

During filming of this movie, Montgomery Clift had an automobile accident which almost killed him. After several weeks of recovery, he returned to finish the film, but the left side of his face was left partially paralyzed.

In the credits for the film, the author's name is misspelled (Ross Rockridge Jr).

The film was shot in a 65 milimeter widescreen process called MGM Camera 65, which was also used for MGM's 1959 version of Ben Hur.

The fictional town of Waycross was based on Straughn, Indiana.

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