Friendly Persuasion 1956 Genres: Drama, Family, Romance, War, Western Country: USA Director: William Wyler Duration: 137m Year: 1956 Actors: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Phyllis Love, Peter Mark Richman, Walter Catlett, Richard Hale, Joel Fluellen, Theodore Newton, John Smith, Edna Skinner, Marjorie Durant, Frances Farwell, Samantha The Goose, Marjorie Main, James Anderson Storyline: The pacifist attitude of a Quaker family is tested as a result of the American Civil War.