Friendly Persuasion (1956)
With Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Phyllis Love, Peter Mark Richman, Marjorie Main
Directed by William Wyler
Friendly Persuasion is a 1956 American Civil War drama film produced and directed by William Wyler. It stars Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Phyllis Love, Mark Richman, Walter Catlett and Marjorie Main. The screenplay by Michael Wilson was adapted from the 1945 novel The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West. The film tells the story of a Quaker family in southern Indiana during the American Civil War and the way the war tests their pacifist beliefs.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
▶ Watch Friendly PersuasionSaved films live in this browser, no account needed. See your list.
More from POST-WAR
More from the 1950s
FAQ
Where can I watch Friendly Persuasion for free?
Friendly Persuasion streams free on MOVIE REWIND, with no ads, no account and no algorithm. Press play and it runs straight through, all 2h 15m of it.
What year is Friendly Persuasion from?
Friendly Persuasion dates from 1956, directed by William Wyler. On MOVIE REWIND it plays on the POST-WAR channel.
Is Friendly Persuasion in the public domain?
MOVIE REWIND indexes films that are in the public domain or made freely available on YouTube by their rights holders. Every title is health-checked, so if a copy is pulled it drops out of the rotation.
MOVIE REWIND is free and always will be: no ads, no account, no algorithm. It is kept running by one person, and the catalogue and all of its metadata are given away under CC0. If it showed you something worth watching, you can chip in.
Buy the archivist a coffee