In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.
| Directing | Edward Dmytryk | Director |
| Writing | Ross Lockridge Jr. | Novel |
| Writing | Millard Kaufman | Screenplay |
| Production | Millard Kaufman | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Johnny Green | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Robert Surtees | Director of Photography |
| Editing | John D. Dunning | Editor |
| Art | Urie McCleary | Art Direction |
| Production | David Lewis | Producer |
| Production | Thomas D. Tannenbaum | Associate Producer |
| Art | Hugh Hunt | Set Decoration |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Art | William A. Horning | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Camera | Charles Rosher Jr. | Camera Loader |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Tuttle | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Ridgeway Callow | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Hank Moonjean | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Carl Roup | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Wesley C. Miller | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Van Allen James | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Lowell Kinsall | Sound |
| Sound | Burdick S. Trask | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Warren Newcombe | Special Effects |
| Camera | Dale Deverman | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Fred J. Koenekamp | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Wayne Fitzgerald | Title Designer |
| Crew | Alex Romero | Choreographer |
