''Friendly Persuasion'' is a made-for-TV movie. The film is based on the novels ''
The Friendly Persuasion
''The Friendly Persuasion'' is an American novel published in 1945 by Jessamyn West.Prescott, Orville (14 November 1945) "Books of the Times; Stories of a Quaker Family A Good Anthology About the Horse" ''The New York Times'' page 17article previe ...
'' and ''
Except for Me and Thee'' by
Jessamyn West; the former novel was previously adapted in
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
. It originally aired on
ABC
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on May 18, 1975.
[''Friendly Persuasion'']
hollywood.com, retrieved December 6, 2017
This version is different from the 1956 version because it focuses mainly on West's
sequel
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novel, ''Except for Me and Thee''. It was going to be a TV series with this being the
pilot
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. ''Friendly Persuasion'' did not gain as big of an audience as ABC had hoped. This film is not available on
VHS or
LaserDisc
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, and there are no plans of a
DVD
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release.
Plot summary
In
Civil War
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era America, a
Quaker
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family, Jess and Eliza Birdwell, helps slaves who have run away, knowing that they could die.
Cast
Source:Hollywood.com;
[ BFI''Friendly Persuasion'']
bfi.org.uk, retrieved December 6, 2017
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Richard Kiley
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as Jess Birdwell
*
Shirley Knight
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as Eliza Birdwell
*
Clifton James
George Clifton James (May 29, 1920 – April 15, 2017) was an American actor known for roles as a prison floorwalker in ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the James Bond films '' Live and Let Die'' (197 ...
as Sam Jordan
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Michael O'Keefe
Michael O'Keefe (born Raymond Peter O'Keefe, Jr.; April 24, 1955) is an American actor, known for his roles as Danny Noonan in ''Caddyshack'', Ben Meechum in ''The Great Santini,'' for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Bes ...
as Josh Birdwell
*
Kevin O'Keefe
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as Labe
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Tracie Savage
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Savage was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and raised in the Detroit area. Shortly after her brother, fellow actor Brad Savage (Danny G ...
as Mattie
*
Sparky Marcus
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Early life
Marcus was born in Hollywood, California.
Career
Marcus was well known for playing the role of the precocious child but also worked extensively as a ...
as Little Jess
*
Paul Benjamin
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Biography
Born to Fair, a Baptist preacher (1890– ...
as Swan Stebeney
*
Erik Holland as Enoch
*
Maria Grimm
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* Mary, mother of Jesus
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as Lily Truscott
*
Bob Minor as Burk
*
Gus Peters
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Twila Pollard as Farmer's Wife
*
Walter Scott
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References
External links
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American television films
Films about religion
1975 television films
1975 films
Films directed by Joseph Sargent
Films based on multiple works
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