Friendly Persuasion (film)

Friendly Persuasion is the title of a film released in 1956, starring Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire and Anthony Perkins.

Dialogue

 * Jess Birdwell: I'm just his father, Eliza, not his conscience. A man's life ain't worth a hill of beans except he lives up to his own conscience.


 * Prof. Waldo Quigley: I want you to know, sir, I honor your prejudices - -um, uh, convictions.


 * Josh Birdwell: I don't want to die. I don't think I could kill anyone if I tried. But I have to try, so long as other people have to.


 * Rebel soldier: Peach pie!
 * Little Jess Birdwell: It's rattlesnake pie.
 * Rebel soldier: Best rattlesnake pie *I* ever tasted.

Cast

 * 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

Taglines
You'll love SAMANTHA, THE GOOSE! (re-release print ad - all caps)
 * 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"