For two years the Civil War has been elsewhere. Now Confederate forces are nearby, looting and burning. It is time to fight back, Jess Birdwell’s neighbors insist. Yet Birdwell, a Quaker, knows there must be a better way to settle things. Set in 1862.
Warm, gently satiric portrait of a family of the “Friendly persuasion” living in the shadow of the Civil War… does justice neither to Quakerism nor to just-war theory, but its warm affection for its subjects makes it worthwhile viewing. – Decent Films Guide
Starring Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton.
Exceptional Civil War-set story of religious differences. Parents need to know that this movie thoughtfully raises the issue of how someone committed to non-violence responds to a violent world. – Common Sense Media