This also from the fifties is a William Wyler period piece about a Quaker family in Southern Indiana in 1862. Told as both a comedy and a drama as the family tries to keep their Quaker faith in a world closing in with worldly things. The war and the approaching confederate troops being one of them.
The scenery is wonderful, the mood is pleasant and the whole films elicits true thoughts of that idyllic life. Gary Cooper as Jess Birdwell is a strong man faced with conflicting choices and Anthony Perkins, in his pre Psycho days, plays the son faced with the biggest decisions. And the goose..well the goose has a story of its own.
This is a fine period piece. William Wyler does not make bad movies.
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