Shenandoah

A principled Virginia farmer tries to keep his family safe from the tumult of the Civil War by withdrawing into pacifism and isolation., A wealthy widower remains steadfast in his opposition to the Civil War on a point of moral principle until his son-in-law is called up to serve in the Southern forces, his youngest son is captured by the Federal Army and another son and his pregnant daughter-in-law are killed by looters., James Stewart stars as Charlie Anderson in this beautiful drama about a widower and wealthy VIrginia farming patriarch trying to keep his family together and safe in the midst of the encroaching Civil War. The family struggles to ignore the war tearing apart their Shenandoah Valley community and ultimately also becomes part of the fight. How Charlie survives overwhelming tragedy, from the capture of his young son by the Confederate Army to his daughter’s love for a Confederate soldier and the untimely deaths of his other son and daughter-in-law, with Stewart’s famous soliloquy by his wife’s grave, is the moving story that made this drama so successful. In fact, Stewart’s speech was so popular it was released as a record. Also starring Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, Patrick Wayne and Rosemary Forsyth., A Virginian farmer does his best to ignore the civil war that is engulfing the country, but as the field of battle gets ever closer, he is compelled to get involved., American Civil War drama about a wealthy widower who has remained steadfast in his opposition to the war on moral grounds. But he is forced to become involved in the conflict when his son-in-law is called up to serve in the Confederate forces, his youngest son is captured by the Union army, and another son and his pregnant daughter-in-law are killed by looters., The efforts of a farmer to keep his family out of the American Civil War., James Stewart stars as Charlie Anderson in this beautiful drama about a widower and wealthy VIrginia farming patriarch trying to keep his family together and safe in the midst of the encroaching Civil War. The family struggles to ignore the war tearing apart their Shenandoah Valley community and ultimately also becomes part of the fight. How Charlie survives overwhelming tragedy, from the capture of his young son by the Confederate Army to his daughter’s love for a Confederate soldier and the untimely deaths of his other son and daughter-in-law, with Stewart’s famous soliloquy by his wife’s grave, is the moving story that made this drama so successful. In fact, Stewart’s speech was so popular it was released as a record., A wealthy landowner in Virginia refuses to take sides during the Civil War, though his children are affected by it one by one. Through the war and the various tragedies it brings, the family bond stays strong., A Civil War western about a Virginia farmer reluctant to get involved in the conflict which has taken hold of the country, but when one of his sons is murdered by Confederate looters and his youngest boy is captured by Union soldiers, he is forced to take a stand., Drama set during the American Civil War, with James Stewart as the widower at the head of a household which is torn apart by the North-South divide.