Raintree County

Abolitionist John Wickliff Shawnessy (Bernard Law Montgomery Clift) drifts faraway from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither (Eva Marie Saint) and enters right into a passionate love affair with a rich New Orleans belle Susanna Drake (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), however is tricked into marrying her whilst she falsely tells him that she is pregnant. But even after Susanna tells him the truth, he nonetheless stays together with her out of affection. But John soon learns that Susanna is hiding a darkish secret which leads her into insanity. This insanity reasons Susanna to flee to the south in the course of the Civil War, taking their son together with her. John leaves domestic and enlists within the Northern Army as his best means to pursue Susanna. tt0050882