"Set in a Virginia farm during the Civil War, this popular family film offers all-American star Jimmy Stewart a classic role, a widower with six sons who initially refuses to takes sides or get involved in the conflict—only to learn otherwise."

"Stewart uses his vast experience and established screen image as the all-American hero to an advantage in a role, which was made to order as he reached the later phases of his glorious career. Beginning with his protag's name, Charlie is a classic American hero, played by Cooper, Stewart, and even Bogart, a man initially cherishing isolation and lack of involvement only to be forced into a divisive conflict through circumstances, both personal and political."

"Phillip Alford as Boy Anderson"

"James Stewart as Charlie Anderson"

"Doug McClure as Sam"

"Two Mighty Armies Trampled Its Valley…A Fighting Family Challenged Them Both!"

"Glenn Corbett as Jacob Anderson"

"I'm not going to kill you. I want you to live. I want you to live to be an old man, and I want you to have many, many, many children, and I want you to feel about your children then the way I feel about mine now. And someday, when a man comes along and kills one of em, I want you to remember! Okay? I want you to remember."

"There's nothing much I can tell you about this war. It's like all wars, I suppose. The undertakers are winning it. Oh, the politicians will talk a lot about the "glory" of it, and the old men'll talk about the "need" of it—the soldiers, they just want to go home."

"Patrick Wayne as James Anderson"

"SHAKES THE SCREEN LIKE CANNON THUNDER!"

"Lord, We cleared this land; We plowed it, sowed it, and harvested it. We cooked the harvest. It wouldn't be here—we wouldn't be eating it—if we hadn't done it all ourselves. We worked dog-bone hard for every crumb and morsel But we thank you just the same anyway, Lord, for this food we're about to eat. Amen."

"What d'you do with dead soldiers?"

"My corn I take serious because it's my corn, and my potatoes and my tomatoes and fences I take note of because they're mine. But this war is not mine and I take no note of it!"

"[after Boy Anderson is abducted by Union soldiers] Now it concerns us."

"You run a sad kind of train, mister. It takes people away when they don't want to go, and won't bring them back when they're ready."

"Rosemary Forsyth as Jennie Anderson"

"Madge Kennedy - Mrs. Laydon"

"Bonnie Bedelia - Ruby"

"Bruce Dern - James"

"Red Buttons - Harry Kline"

"Allyn Ann McLerie - Shirley"

"Michael Sarrazin - Robert Syverton"

"Susannah York - Alice LeBlanc"

"Robert Fields - Joel Girard"

"Gig Young - Rocky Graver"

"I may not know a winner when I see one, but I sure as hell can spot a loser."

"You know somethin', Turkey? My old man never got out of the fourth grade. When it came to people, he didn't know his ass from his elbow. You know what he was? He was a faith healer. I used to travel the circuit with him. I was the one he healed. I was the shill to get the crowd set up. "Walk, my boy. When I lay my hand on you, you will walk." You will walk. Sodden old bastard. He thought it was him they believed in, but it was me."

"Here they are again, folks! These wonderful, wonderful kids! Still struggling! Still hoping! As the clock of fate ticks away, the dance of destiny continues! The marathon goes on, and on, and on! HOW LONG CAN THEY LAST?!"

"Jane Fonda - Gloria Beatty"

"Michael Conrad - Rollo"

"Al Lewis - Turkey"

"Aron Kincaid - Walter Blakely"

"Jim McMullan - Lt. Powell"

"William Wellman, Jr. - Lt. Grayson"

"Lesley Ann Warren - Cordy"

"Paul Petersen - Tony"

"John Davidson - Angie"

"Eddie Hodges - Livingston"

"Geraldine Page - Mrs. Duke"

"Tommy Steele - John Lawless"

"Joyce Bulifant - Rosemary"

"Hermione Baddeley - Mrs. Worth"

"So Big!... So Romantic!... So Full of Life!"

"Fred MacMurray - Father"

"It's the happiest musical of the year!"

"Greer Garson - Mother"

"Gladys Cooper - Aunt Mary"