Friendly Persuasion (1956)

Original title	Friendly Persuasion
Swedish release title	Folket i den lyckliga dalen
Working title	Mr. Birdwell Goes to Battle

Director	William Wyler
Screenplay	Michael Wilson (ej krediterad) Robert Wyler (ej krediterad) Jessamyn West (ej krediterad) Harry Kleiner (as Henry Kleiner) (ej krediterad)
Producer	William Wyler
Production Manager	Allen K. Wood
Director of Photography	Ellsworth J. Fredericks (as Ellsworth Fredricks)
Music	Dimitri Tiomkin
Production Designer	Ted Haworth (as Edward S. Haworth)
Film Editor	Robert E. Swink (as Robert Swink) Edward A. Biery (as Edward A. Biery Jr.) Robert Belcher (as Robert A. Belcher)
Production Mixer	Ralph Butler Gordon R. Glennan (Westrex Sound Services - ej krediterad) Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn Studios Sound Dep. - ej krediterad
Assistant Director	Austen Jewell Claude Binyon Jr. (ej krediterad) William O'Donnell (ej krediterad)
Advisor	Clarence Marks
Technical Advisor	Jessamyn West
Second Unit Director	Thomas Carr (ej krediterad)
Script Supervisor	Harry F. Hogan (as Harry Hogan) Cosmo Genovese (ej krediterad) Robert Gary
Special Effects	Augie Lohman (as August Lohmann) Charles Duncan (ej krediterad) Hank Morland (ej krediterad)
Associate Producer	Robert Wyler
Production Assistant	Harry F. Hogan (ej krediterad) Dick Mayberry (as Richard Maybery)
Assistant to the Producer	Stuart Millar
Still Photographer	Al St. Hilaire (ej krediterad)
Second Unit Director of Photography	Ray Rennahan (ej krediterad)
Conductor	Dimitri Tiomkin
Music Editor	Richard C. Harris
Orchestration	Paul Marquardt (ej krediterad) George Parrish (ej krediterad) Herbert Taylor (ej krediterad)
Set Decorator	Joseph Kish (as Joe Kish)
Propman	Tom Plews (as Tommy Plews)
Costume Designer	Dorothy Jeakins
Make-up Supervisor	Emile LaVigne Glen Cavender (ej krediterad) John G. Holden (ej krediterad)
Hair Stylist	Agnes Flanagan (as Agnes Flanigan)
Construction Coordinator	James West (as Jimmy West)
Wardrobe	Bert Henrikson Norman Martien (ej krediterad) Sid Mintz (ej krediterad) Adolph Seidel (ej krediterad)
Assistant Film Editor	Hal Ashby (ej krediterad)
Sound Editor	Del Harris

Gary Cooper	Jess Birdwell
Dorothy McGuire	Eliza Birdwell
Marjorie Main	änkan Hudspeth
Anthony Perkins	Josh Birdwell
Richard Eyer	Little Jess Birdwell
Robert Middleton	Sam Jordan
Phyllis Love	Martha "Mattie" True Birdwell
Peter Mark Richman (as Mark Richman)	Gardner "Gard" Jordan
Walter Catlett	professor Waldo Quigley
Richard Hale	Purdy, våldsam kväkare
Joel Fluellen	Enoch
Theodore Newton	major Harvey
John Smith	Caleb Cope
Edna Skinner	Opal Hudspeth
Marjorie Durant	Pearl Hudspeth
Frances Farwell	Ruby Hudspeth
Samantha gås	Samantha, gåsen
-	Ej krediterade:
Mary Carr	Emma, kväkare
Jean Inness	Mrs. Purdy
Everett Glass	broder Amos, ålderman
Charles Halton	broder Cope, ålderman
Russell Simpson	broder Griffith, ålderman
Nelson Leigh	metodistpastor
Helen Kleeb	äldre dam
Diane Jergens	Elizabeth, kväkarflicka
Ralph Sanford	affärsman
William Schallert	ung make
John Craven	orkesterledare
James O'Hara (as James Lilburn)	rebellplundrare
Frank Sully	rebellplundrare
Leroy Johnson	rebellplundrare
Wright King	rebellplundrare
Frank Jenks	hitta-ärtan-spelare		(shell game operator)
James Anderson	dålig förlorare
Harry Hines	marknadsutropare
Noble "Kid" Chissel	marknadsutropare
Henry Rowland	O'Hara
Ivan Rasputin	Billy Goat, brottningsutmanare
Edmund Cobb	skojare
James Goodwin	feg stackare
King Karlo	eldslukare
Joe Turkel	dålig förlorare
Murray Parker	svärdslukare
Donald Kerr	Billy Goats manager
Frank Hagney	lemonadförsäljare
Steve Warren	Haskell
Doug McClure	soldat
Edward L. Andrews	soldat
Ralph Gamble	medicinman
Earle Hodgins	skjutbaneskötaren
Robert Fuller	ung man bredvid Josh vid skjutbanan
Charles Courtney	rebellkurir
Tom Irish	ung rebell
Ron Hargrave	bonde
Tom London	bonde i frontlinjen tillsammans med Gard
John Dierkes	bonde
Irvin Ashkenazy	bonde
Charles Morton	bonde
William Vedder	bonde
Gene Roth	bonde
Tyler McVey	bonde
Dennis Moore	bonde
Hart Wayne	bonde
John Pickard	f.d. sergeant i frontlinjen tillsammans med Josh
James Seay	rebellkapten
John Compton	rebellöjtnant
James Dobson	rebellsoldat
Richard Garland	krypskytt
Norman Leavitt	Clem, plundrare
Don Kennedy	Buster
Mary Jackson	kvinna på landet
William Tannen	sergeant ansvarig för proviant
Jack Sterling	rebell
Charles Delaney	drinkare
Billy Engle	en man
Jack Macy	en man
Billy Curtis	dvärg på marknaden

Production Company	Allied Artists Pictures Corp.
	A William Wyler Production
Copyright	B-M Productions	1956-10-01	LP7089
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	1957

Censorship number	89610
Date	1957-02-15
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	3780 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.

Aspect ratio	1.85:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Westrex Sound Recording
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	DeLuxe Color
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	3770 meter
Length in minutes	138 min

Original title	The Friendly Persuasion (Collection of short stories)
Author	Jessamyn West

				1955-08-15	1955-12
The Mabel Normand Sound Stage, Republic Studios, 4024 Radford Avenue, North Hollywood	Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA
Bidwell Park	Chico, Kalifornien	USA
M & T Ranch	California	USA
Rowland V. Lee Ranch, Canoga Park	Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA
North Hollywood	Los Angeles, Kalifornien	USA
	Triunfo, Kalifornien	USA
	Sacramento, Kalifornien	USA

First showing	1956-11-01	Radio City Music Hall	New York City, New York	USA	138 min
Other showing	1956-11-25			USA	138 min	(US release)
Release in Sweden	1957-03-18	Royal	Stockholm	Sweden	138 min
TV showing	1966-11-27	TV		Sweden
	1974-08-16	TV1		Sweden

Original title	Friendly Persuasion
Composer	Dimitri Tiomkin	(1956)
Lyrics	Paul Francis Webster	(1956)
Sung by	Pat Boone

Original title	Mocking Bird in a Willow Tree
Composer	Dimitri Tiomkin	(1956)
Lyrics	Paul Francis Webster	(1956)

Original title	Marry Me, Marry Me
Composer	Dimitri Tiomkin	(1956)
Lyrics	Paul Francis Webster	(1956)
Sung by	Marjorie Durant
	Frances Farwell
	Edna Skinner
	Gary Cooper

Original title	Coax Me a Little
Composer	Dimitri Tiomkin	(1956)
Lyrics	Paul Francis Webster	(1956)

Original title	Indiana Holiday
Composer	Dimitri Tiomkin	(1956)
Lyrics	Paul Francis Webster	(1956)

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Script type	Cutting continuity
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck