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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0085391669326
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 05, 2000
Running Time: 137 minutes
Sales Rank: 1723
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 25, 1956
Editorial Review:
Description:
For two years the Civil War has been elsewhere. Now Confederate forces are nearby, looting and burning. It is time to fight back, Jess Birdwell's neighbors insist. Yet Birdwell, a Quaker, knows there must be a better way to settle things.
Year: 1956
Director: William Wyler
Starring: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Friendly persuasion DVD Review
Another excellent film by director William Wyler. My only negative remark is Dimitri Tiomkin's overall soap-operatic score--e.g., although the theme vocal song is delightful, I don't think it fits a movie set in the 1860s rural America.
Rating: - Fantastic Wyler/Cooper/McGuire Movie
Hadn't seen this movie for a few years ... and it continues to carry the same power weight it always has. Wyler had a way of filming a movie in such beautiful ways, whether it be the characters or the settings. I cannot imagine anyone other than Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire in the lead roles, they really aced it. It's a shame that Anthony Perkins is always thought of as "Norman Bates" because he was a fine actor in so many other roles, and he shined in this movie, perhaps the best performance ... Read More
Rating: - ENCHANTING IN THE MOST LITERAL SENSE OF THE WORD
I saw this movie when it came out in 1956 and went to see it several times, much to the annoyance of the lady who was taking care of me (who thought one viewing was plenty.) I was absolutely enchanted by it, and I was eight years old at the time, but it had a tremendous impact on me from start to finish. All of the performances are fabulous, and I still marvel at Tony Perkins going from this good Quaker son role to Norman Bates! The music was, and is, haunting; both the melody and the words in the title ... Read More
Rating: - Classic film
This is one of the very few movies our family saw together when I was a child. What a treat now to share it with my grandchildren! It is great!!!
Rating: - Fantastic Movie
This classic movie has some of everything the movie lover could want. Action, romance, comedy and all done in a way that is very tastful. We love it!
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