
Susanna Drake Shawnessy

John Wickliff Shawnessy

Nell Gaither

Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles

Orville 'Flash' Perkins

Garwood B. Jones

Ellen Shawnessy

T.D. Shawnessy

Barbara Drake

Bobby Drake

Ezra Gray

Niles Foster

Southern Officer
Miss Roman
Girl (uncredited)

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Mrs. Lydia Gray (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Parthenia (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)

Jake - Bartender (uncredited)
Spectator (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Minor Role (uncredited)

Tom Conway (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)

Spectator (uncredited)

Starter (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Soona - Susanna's Maid (uncredited)
Woman (uncredited)
Photographer (uncredited)

Jesse Gardner (uncredited)

Bartender (uncredited)
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Club Patron (uncredited)
Nat Franklin (uncredited)

Cousin Sam (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Club Patron (uncredited)

Pantomimist (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)

Madame Gaubert (uncredited)

Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)

Lydia Grey (uncredited)

Union Lieutenant (uncredited)
Bessie (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Spectator (uncredited)
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Jim Shawnessy - Age 2 (uncredited)
Jim Shawnessy - Age 4 (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)
Blind Man (uncredited)

Bearded Soldier (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)

Spectator at footrace (uncredited)

Old Gent with 'Flash' (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)

Prostitute (uncredited)

Spectator at Footrace (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)
Party Guest (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)

Party Guest (uncredited)

Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
Miss Roman (uncredited)
Spectator (uncredited)
Townsman (uncredited)

Old George (uncredited)

Party Guest (uncredited)

Soldier (uncredited)

Director
Novel
Screenplay
Camera Loader

Original Music Composer
Associate Producer
Producer

Director of Photography
Associate Producer
Editor
Art Direction
Set Decoration
Art Direction

Set Decoration

Costume Design
Sound Recordist

Assistant Camera
Sound Recordist
Camera Operator

Hairstylist
Assistant Director
Sound
Assistant Director

Makeup Artist
Sound Editor
Special Effects
Title Designer
Choreographer
Assistant Director

In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.