Friendly Persuasion (1956 film)

"Gary Cooper - Jess Birdwell"

"Dorothy McGuire - Eliza Birdwell"

"Anthony Perkins - Josh Birdwell"

"Richard Eyer - Little Jess Birdwell"

"Robert Middleton - Sam Jordan"

"Phyllis Love - Mattie Birdwell"

"Peter Mark Richman - Gard Jordan (as Mark Richman)"

"Walter Catlett - Professor Quigley"

"Richard Hale - Purdy"

"Joel Fluellen - Enoch"

"Theodore Newton - Major Harvey"

"John Smith - Caleb Cope"

"Marjorie Main - the widow Hudspeth"

"Edna Skinner - Opal Hudspeth"

"Marjorie Durant - Pearl Hudspeth"

"Frances Farwell - Ruby Hudspeth"

"WHAT FUN YOU'LL HAVE...AND WHAT A FAMILY! YOU'LL FEEL AS IF YOU ARE A PART OF IT...OR WOULD LIKE TO BE! (re-release print ad - all caps)"

"It Will Pleasure You in a Hundred Ways!"

"Try FRIENDLY PERSUASION: It's Powerful!"

"When You Looked At Jess Birdwell YOU LOOKED UP"

"Jess is a big man and he walks the Indiana earth in a big way... a man of few words and many strengths... a man born with the gift of laughter and the knack for love, a power for good, a man who doesn't hold with killing. But now Jess faces a big decision -- to keep faith with what he lives by -- or to fight for what he loves... Only so great a theme could make so great a motion picture!"

"Anthony Perkins, the most exciting screen discovery since James Dean!"

"Pat Boone, the sensational Dot Recording artist, can be heard singing the big hit title-song, "Friendly Persuasion""