Film · 1975

Friendly Persuasion

Name: Friendly Persuasion
Director: Joseph Sargent
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1975-05-18

100 min · Directed by Joseph Sargent

Drama TV Movie

7.52
ratings

During the Civil War, a Quaker couple risks their lives by helping runaway slaves.

Cast

Richard Kiley

Jess Birdwell

Shirley Knight

Eliza Birdwell

Clifton James

Sam Jordan

Michael O'Keefe

Josh Birdwell

K

Kevin O'Keefe

Labe

Tracie Savage

Mattie

Sparky Marcus

Little Jess

Paul Benjamin

Swan Stebeney

Erik Holland

Enoch

M

Maria Grimm

Lily Truscott

Bob Minor

Burk

G

Gus Peters

T

Twila Pollard

Farmer's Wife

W

Walter Scott

Art Ellison

Cindy Grover

Crew

Director: Joseph Sargent
Producer: Herbert B. Leonard, Joseph Sargent, Emanuel L. Wolf
Writer: William P. Wood, Jessamyn West
Editor: Ed Forsyth, George Jay Nicholson
Cinematography: Mario Tosi
Art Direction: James H. Spencer
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin, John Cacavas

Details

Studios: Allied Artists Pictures, International Television Productions
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Release: May 18, 1975

Themes

slaveryamerican civil warunderground railroadquakers

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