Raintree County is a 1957 Technicolor film drama about the American Civil War. It was directed by Edward Dmytryk. The film stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, and Lee Marvin. It was adapted from the novel of the same name by Ross Lockridge, Jr. In the credits for the film, the author's name is misspelled as Ross Rockridge Jr. Raintree County was shot at various locations, including Dunleith, an antebellum mansion, Windsor Ruins, in Natchez, Mississippi, Reelfoot Lake in northwest Tennessee near the Kentucky border , and two locations in Kentucky, one of which was at the... Liberty Hall Historic Site on Wilkinson Street in Frankfort and the other in and around Danville. During filming, Montgomery Clift was involved in a serious automobile accident which almost killed him. After several weeks of recovery and surgery, he returned to finish the film, but his face was disfigured by his injuries as evident in a number of scenes throughout the film. The most obvious distinction is the left side of his face being partially paralyzed. At the time, the film was the most expensive US-based film in MGM's history.
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| Release date: | 1957 |
| Directed by: | Edward Dmytryk |
| Runtime: | 182 Minutes |
| Producer: | David Lewis |
| Editor: | John Dunning |
| Music by: | Johnny Green |
| Cinematography: | Robert Surtees |
| Screenplay by: | Millard Kaufman |
| Adapted from: | Raintree County |