Friendly Persuasion (1975 film)

1975 television film directed by Joseph Sargent

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Friendly Persuasion
Genre	Drama
Based on	The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West
Written by	William P. Wood
Directed by	Joseph Sargent
Starring	Richard Kiley Shirley Knight
Music by	John Cacavas
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Herbert B. Leonard Emanuel L. Wolf
Producer	Joseph Sargent
Production location	Jackson, Missouri
Cinematography	Mario Tosi
Editors	Ed Forsyth George Jay Nicholson
Running time	100 min.
Production companies	Allied Artists Pictures International Television Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	May 18, 1975 (1975-05-18)

Friendly Persuasion is a made-for-TV movie. The film is based on the novels The Friendly Persuasion and Except for Me and Thee by Jessamyn West; the former novel was previously adapted in 1956. It originally aired on ABC on May 18, 1975.

This version is different from the 1956 version because it focuses mainly on West's sequel novel, Except for Me and Thee. It was going to be a TV series with this being the pilot. Friendly Persuasion did not gain as big of an audience as ABC had hoped. This film is not available on VHS or LaserDisc, and there are no plans of a DVD release.

Plot summary

In Civil War era America, a Quaker family, Jess and Eliza Birdwell, helps slaves who have run away, knowing that they could die.

Cast

Source:Hollywood.com; BFI

Richard Kiley as Jess Birdwell
Shirley Knight as Eliza Birdwell
Clifton James as Sam Jordan
Michael O'Keefe as Josh Birdwell
Kevin O'Keefe as Labe
Tracie Savage as Mattie
Sparky Marcus as Little Jess
Paul Benjamin as Swan Stebeney
Erik Holland as Enoch
Maria Grimm as Lily Truscott
Bob Minor as Burk
Gus Peters
Twila Pollard as Farmer's Wife
Walter Scott

References

^ Friendly Persuasion hollywood.com, retrieved December 6, 2017
Goldberg, Lee. " Friendly Persuasion " Unsold Television Pilots: 1955-1989, Adventures in Television, 2015, ISBN 151159067X
Hischak, Thomas S. " Friendly Persuasion " American Literature on Stage and Screen: 525 Works and Their Adaptations, McFarland, 2012, ISBN 0786492791, pp. 74-75
Friendly Persuasion bfi.org.uk, retrieved December 6, 2017

External links

Friendly Persuasion at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Joseph Sargent
Street-Fighter (1959) One Spy Too Many (1966) The Spy in the Green Hat (1967) The Hell with Heroes (1968) The Sunshine Patriot (1968) Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) Tribes (1970) Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971) Man on a String (1972) The Man (1972) The Man Who Died Twice (1973) Sunshine (1973) White Lightning (1973) The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) Friendly Persuasion (1975) The Night That Panicked America (1975) Hustling (1975) MacArthur (1977) Goldengirl (1979) Amber Waves Coast to Coast (1980) Freedom (1981) Tomorrow's Child (1982) Nightmares (1983) Memorial Day (1983) Choices of the Heart (1983) Terrible Joe Moran (1984) Love Is Never Silent (1985) Passion Flower (1986) There Must Be a Pony (1986) Of Pure Blood (1986) Jaws: The Revenge (1987) The Karen Carpenter Story (1989) Day One (1989) The Incident (1990) Caroline? (1990) Ivory Hunters (1990) Never Forget (1991) Miss Rose White (1992) Somebody's Daughter (1992) Skylark (1993) Abraham (1994) World War II: When Lions Roared (1994) My Antonia (1995) Streets of Laredo (1995) Mandela and de Klerk (1997) Miss Evers' Boys (1997) The Long Island Incident (1998) Crime and Punishment (1998) The Wall (1998) A Lesson Before Dying (1999) For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000) Vola Sciusciù (2000) Bojangles (2001) Salem Witch Trials (2003) Out of the Ashes (2003) Something the Lord Made (2004) Warm Springs (2005) Sybil (2007) Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)

Films directed by Joseph Sargent

Street-Fighter (1959)
One Spy Too Many (1966)
The Spy in the Green Hat (1967)
The Hell with Heroes (1968)
The Sunshine Patriot (1968)
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
Tribes (1970)
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971)
Man on a String (1972)
The Man (1972)
The Man Who Died Twice (1973)
Sunshine (1973)
White Lightning (1973)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Friendly Persuasion (1975)
The Night That Panicked America (1975)
Hustling (1975)
MacArthur (1977)
Goldengirl (1979)
Amber Waves
Coast to Coast (1980)
Freedom (1981)
Tomorrow's Child (1982)
Nightmares (1983)
Memorial Day (1983)
Choices of the Heart (1983)
Terrible Joe Moran (1984)
Love Is Never Silent (1985)
Passion Flower (1986)
There Must Be a Pony (1986)
Of Pure Blood (1986)
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
The Karen Carpenter Story (1989)
Day One (1989)
The Incident (1990)
Caroline? (1990)
Ivory Hunters (1990)
Never Forget (1991)
Miss Rose White (1992)
Somebody's Daughter (1992)
Skylark (1993)
Abraham (1994)
World War II: When Lions Roared (1994)
My Antonia (1995)
Streets of Laredo (1995)
Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
The Long Island Incident (1998)
Crime and Punishment (1998)
The Wall (1998)
A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000)
Vola Sciusciù (2000)
Bojangles (2001)
Salem Witch Trials (2003)
Out of the Ashes (2003)
Something the Lord Made (2004)
Warm Springs (2005)
Sybil (2007)
Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)

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