Friendly Persuasion Here's A Superb Motion Picture Full Of Fun... Laughter and Happiness. Release date: 1956-10-30 Genres: Drama, War Actors: Ron Nyman, Norman Leavitt, Richard Hale, John Smith, Helen Kleeb, Tom London, Richard Eyer, Walter Catlett, Phyllis Love, Marjorie Main, Michael Jeffers, Walter Bacon, Henry Rowland, Sailor Vincent, Herman Hack, Joel Fluellen, Anthony Perkins, Robert Fuller, Jim Goodwin, Ralph Sanford, Glen Walters, William Schallert, Bud Cokes, Robert Middleton, James Anderson, Earle Hodgins, Mary Carr, Mary Jackson, Nelson Leigh, Theodore Newton, Harry Hines, James Seay, Charles Morton, Doug McClure, Edmund Cobb, Diane Jergens, Richard Garland, Edward Andrews, Harry 'Snub' Pollard, Gary Cooper, Everett Glass, Wright King, Gene Roth, Richard Elmore, Frank Sully, Don Kennedy, Frank Jenks, Peter Mark Richman, Joe Turkel, James Gonzalez, Billy Curtis, Tyler McVey, Jack Perrin, John Craven, Donald Kerr, Hank Mann, Edna Skinner, Tex Brodus, Charles Halton, Jack Sterling, Benjie Bancroft, Ralph Moratz, Leroy Johnson, Jean Inness, Jean Inness, Dorothy McGuire, Steve Warren, John Compton, John Dierkes, George Huggins, Duke Fishman, Scott Seaton, William Tannen, Cecil Combs, Billy Engle, Lucile Sewall, Marjorie Durant, William Vedder, Paul Kruger, Frank Hagney, Wally West, Russell Simpson, James Dobson, Leslie Sketchley, Dennis Moore, John Pickard, Russell Custer, Chuck Courtney, Irvin Ashkenazy, Tom Irish, Slim Gaut, Chester Jones, Cap Somers, James O'Hara, Jack Macy, William McCarter, Chet Brandenburg, Bob Folkerson, John Barton, Ron Hargrave, Charles Delaney, Noble 'Kid' Chissell, Ivan Rasputin, Dick Johnstone, Jack Perry, Frances Farwell, Phil Bloom, Clarence M. Landry, Tipp McClure, Jack Isbell, Bob Burns, Ralph Gamble, Murray Parker, King Karlo, Hart Wayne Budget: $3,000,000Revenue: $8,000,000 Runtime: 2 h. 17 min. Score: 6.6/10 Votes: 128 Countries: United States of America Companies: Allied Artists, B-M Productions Available* : Overview: The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?