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Shenandoah

Year:

1965

Duration:

105 min

Genres:

Drama | War | Western

IMDB rate:

7.4

Director:

Andrew V. McLaglen

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1965-06-03

Filming Locations: Santa Clarita, California, USA

Earnings

Gross: $17,268,889 (USA) ( 1965)

Cast

Actor

Character

Phillip Alford

Glenn Corbett

James Stewart

Charlie

Doug McClure

Sam

Patrick Wayne

James

Rosemary Forsyth

Jennie

Katharine Ross

Ann

Charles Robinson

Nathan

Jim McMullan

John (as James McMullan)

Tim McIntire

Henry

Gene Jackson

Gabriel (as Eugene Jackson Jr.)

Paul Fix

Dr. Tom Witherspoon

Denver Pyle

Pastor Bjoerling

George Kennedy

Col. Fairchild

James Best

Carter, Rebel Soldier

Tom Simcox

Lt. Johnson

Berkeley Harris

Capt. Richards

Harry Carey Jr.

Jenkins (rebel soldier)

Kevin Hagen

Mule (rebel deserter)

Dabbs Greer

Abernathy

Strother Martin

Train Engineer

Kelly Thordsen

Federal Purchasing Agent Carroll

Rayford Barnes

Horace - Rebel Deserter (uncredited)

Jimmie Booth

Church Member (uncredited)

Lane Bradford

Tatum (uncredited)

James Carter

Rider with Purchasing Agents (uncredited)

John Daheim

Federal Purchasing Agent Osborne (uncredited)

Gary Epper

Church Member (uncredited)

Edward Faulkner

Union Sergeant (uncredited)

Herman Hack

Church Member (uncredited)

James Heneghan Jr.

Young Picket on Road (uncredited)

Robert 'Buzz' Henry

Rider with Purchasing Agents (uncredited)

Hoke Howell

Crying Prisoner (uncredited)

Leroy Johnson

Rider with Purchasing Agents (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

Church Member (uncredited)

Mathew McCue

Man in Church (uncredited)

Pae Miller

Black Woman (uncredited)

Gregg Palmer

Guard (uncredited)

Wayne Peters

Confederate Corporal (uncredited)

Beverly Randolph

Baby Martha Anderson (uncredited)

Bob Steele

Union Train Guard (uncredited)

Max Wagner

Church Member (uncredited)

Peter Wayne

Confederate Corporal (uncredited)

Kim Williams

Baby Martha Anderson (uncredited)

Henry Wills

Rider with Purchasing Agents (uncredited)

Joe Yrigoyen

Federal Purchasing Agent Marshall (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The train that Anderson stops is pulled by a locomotive called the 'General Gault'. The source of the name is unclear. The only noted pre-ACW military person of that name served in Napoleon's forces. A search of the web, reveals only two other Generals of that name, one from the USA (Army ?) in the 1950s and one Canadian (served in the Second World War).

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Donna Theodore was nominated for the 1975 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actress in a Musical for "Shenandoah" in the role of Anne.

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The opening battle scenes are taken from Raintree County (1957) and are printed as a mirror image of the original footage. (The same scenes can also be seen in, among other films, How the West Was Won (1962).)

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Goofs

The bare hills and arid-climate flora in this film obviously indicate that it was shot in Southern California, not the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, which has a wetter and more temperate climate.

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When Pa Anderson first emerges from the front door of the farmhouse, he casts a shadow in two different directions on the wall behind him.

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During the boy's battle the morning after his escape from prison, you can see the bayonet of a confederate soldier wobble revealing that it is made of rubber.

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Quotes

Jennie Anderson: You still miss her, don't you?

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Lt. Sam: I don't know what to say. I mean... Well, I know what to say, I just don't know how.

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Boy Anderson: What'd I do?

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Faq

Were there farmers and other civilians in Virginia who tried to remain neutral at the beginning of the war?

I would say yes, for the most part there were civilians who opposed any war between the northern and southern states. Many families in the north had close relatives and friends living below the Mason-Dixon line. And in the southern states many people also had immediate family, other relatives and friends who lived in the Midwest and northeastern states. Therefore after the outbreak of hostilities and the division of the nation, many persons on both sides of the conflict had to fight against their own brothers and cousins.

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