Raintree County (1957)

USA, 184 min
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Basic facts

Original title Raintree County
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1958-08-18

Cast

Montgomery Clift
John Wickliff Shawnessy

Elizabeth Taylor
Susanna Drake

Eva Marie Saint
Nell Gaither

Nigel Patrick
professor Jerusalem Webster Stiles

Lee Marvin
Orville ''Flash''Perkins

Rod Taylor
Garwood B. Jones

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Titles

Original title
  • Raintree County
Swedish release title
  • Regnträdets land
Distribution title
  • Det gyldne træ (Danmark)
  • Sadepuun maa (Finland)
  • Regntreets land (Norge)
  • Das Land des Regenbaums (Västtyskland)
  • Das Land des Regenbaums (Österrike)
  • A árvore da vida (Portugal)
  • A árvore da vida (Brasilien)
  • L'arbre de vie (Frankrike)
  • L'albero de la vida (Italien)
  • El árbol de la vida (Spanien)
  • Όσα δε σβήνει ο χρόνος (Grekland)
  • Osa den svinei o hronos (Grekland)
  • ריינטרי קאונטי (Israel)
  • Esőerdő megye (Ungern)
  • A fűzfák országa (Ungern)
  • 愛情の花咲く樹 (Japan)
  • Lietus koku apgabals (Litauen)
  • W poszukiwaniu deszczowego drzewa (Polen)
  • Округ Рейнтри (Ryssland)
  • Hayat Ağacı (Turkiet)
  • 战国佳人 (Kina)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Advisor
Technical Advisor
Dialogue Coach
Script Supervisor
Special Effects
Executive Producer
Associate Producer
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Assistant Cameraman
Music Editor
Orchestration
Set Decorator
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Sound Editor
Sound Effects Editor
Titles

Cast

Montgomery Clift John Wickliff Shawnessy
Elizabeth Taylor Susanna Drake
Eva Marie Saint Nell Gaither
Nigel Patrick professor Jerusalem Webster Stiles
Lee Marvin Orville ''Flash''Perkins
Rod Taylor Garwood B. Jones
Agnes Moorehead Ellen Shawnessy
Walter Abel T.D. Shawnessy
Jarma Lewis Barbara Drake
Tom Drake Bobby Drake
Rhys Williams Ezra Gray
Russell Collins Niles Foster
DeForest Kelley sydstatsofficer
- Ej krediterade:
Myrna Hansen Lydia Gray
Oliver Blake Jake, bartender
John Eldredge kusin Sam
Isabel Cooley Soona, Susannas jungfru
Ruth Attaway Parthenia
Eileen Stevens Miss Roman
Rosalind Hayes Bessie
Don Burnett Tom Conway
Michael Dugan Nat Franklin
Michael Dante Jesse Gardner
Phil Chambers starten
James Griffith Mr. Grays kompanjon
Burt Mustin gamle Peters
Dorothy Granger Madam Gaubert
Owen McGiveney blind man
Charles Watts fetlagd partygäst
Stacy Harris nordstatslöjtnant
Donald Losby Jim Shawnessy som tvååring
Mickey Maga Jim Shawnessy som fyraåring
William Challee åskådare
Frank Kreig åskådare
Joe Brown Jr. (as Joe Brown) åskådare
Nesdon Booth åskådare
Robert Stevenson (as Robert Forrest) åskådare
Henry Brock fotograf
Jack Daly fotograf
Robert Foulk pantomimiker
Bill Walker gamle George
Gardner McKay skäggig nordstatssoldat i Atlanta
Janet Lake flicka
Luanan Lee flicka
Judi Jordan flicka
Phyllis Douglas flicka
Sue George flicka
Milicent Patrick kvinna
Josephine Cummins kvinna
Frank Mills nordstatssoldat
Christopher Riordan Johns son

Companies

Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. controlled by Loew's Inc.
Copyright Loew's Inc. 1957-12-31 LP9771
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1958

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 92319
Date 1958-06-12
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 4535 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.76:1 (MGM Camera 65)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Westrex Sound Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 5040 meter
Length in minutes 184 min
Reels 22 reels


Original work

Original title Raintree County (Novel)
Author Ross Lockridge Jr.


Production location

1956-07-24 1956-10-16
1956-04 1956-05-13
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, 10202 W. Washington Boulevard Culver City, Kalifornien USA
Danville, Kentucky USA
McCracken County, Kentucky USA
Paducah, Kentucky USA
Reelfoot Lake Tiptonville, Tennessee USA
Natchez, Mississippi USA
Port Gibson, Mississippi USA
Ohio River, Ohio USA
Rockport, Indiana USA

Release dates

First showing 1957-10-02 Louisville, Kentucky USA 168 min
Other showing 1957-12-20 USA 168 min (US release)
Release in Sweden 1958-08-18 Palladium Stockholm Sweden 166 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title Raintree County
Composer Johnny Green (1957)
Lyrics Paul Francis Webster (1957)
Sung by Nat "King" Cole


Original title Never Till Now
Composer Johnny Green (1957)
Lyrics Paul Francis Webster (1957)


Related films

Gone with the Wind (1939) Cited in Raintree County (1957)
Shenandoah (1965) Raintree County (1957)
How the West Was Won (1962) Raintree County (1957)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 4612


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Colour prints SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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