WesternWar

Shenandoah

- Two mighty armies trampled its valley... A fighting family challenged them both!

Charlie Anderson, a farmer in Shenandoah, Virginia, finds himself and his family in the middle of the Civil War he wants nothing to do with. When his youngest boy is taken prisoner by the North, the Civil War is forced upon him.

Release Date : 1965-06-03

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Charlie Anderson

Original Name : James Stewart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Sam

Original Name : Doug McClure

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jacob Anderson

Original Name : Glenn Corbett

Gender : Male

Character Name : James Anderson

Original Name : Patrick Wayne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jennie Anderson

Original Name : Rosemary Forsyth

Gender : Female

Character Name : Boy Anderson

Original Name : Phillip Alford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Ann Anderson

Original Name : Katharine Ross

Gender : Female

Character Name : John Anderson

Original Name : Jim McMullan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Anderson

Original Name : Tim McIntire

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gabriel

Original Name : Gene Jackson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Tom Witherspoon

Original Name : Paul Fix

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pastor Bjoerling

Original Name : Denver Pyle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Col. Fairchild

Original Name : George Kennedy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carter, Rebel Soldier

Original Name : James Best

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nathan

Original Name : Charles Robinson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lt. Johnson

Original Name : Tom Simcox

Gender : Male

Character Name : Capt. Richards

Original Name : Berkeley Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jenkins - Rebel Soldier

Original Name : Harry Carey, Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mule - Rebel Deserter

Original Name : Kevin Hagen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Abernathy

Original Name : Dabbs Greer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Train Engineer

Original Name : Strother Martin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carroll - Federal Purchasing Agent

Original Name : Kelly Thordsen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Church Member

Original Name : Colin Kenny

Gender : Male

Character Name : Billy Packer

Original Name : Warren Oates

Gender : Male

Character Name : Union Train Guard

Original Name : Bob Steele

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rebel Commander with Mustache

Original Name : Chuck Roberson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choirboy

Original Name : Gary Grimes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Baby Martha Anderson

Original Name : Beverly Randolph

Gender : Female

Character Name : Church Member

Original Name : Max Wagner

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

What do you do with dead soldiers? Shenandoah is directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and written by James Lee Barrett. It stars James Stewart, Patrick Wayne, Doug McClure, Glenn Corbett, Rosemary Forsyth, Phillip Alford and Katharine Ross. Music is by Frank Skinner and Technicolor photography is by William H. Clothier. As the American Civil War rages, a Virginian patriarch keeps his large farming family in the act of isolationism. But will the war leave them alone? A superbly acted and written Civil War Oater, Shenandoah is moving and poignant without over doing the anti-war message. First half of the pic lets us into the lives of the Anderson family, their beliefs, their loves and losses, and decisions that will shape their futures. Circumstances will of course come knocking at the door, which shifts the film into darker territory, where it is here that McLaglen and his team brilliantly show the emotional and physical hardships of the war between the North and the South. Story and the characters are consistently compelling, all while the locations envelope the dramatics with a beauty that is realised by the legendary Clothier. And then there is Stewart, a class act and the axis, the fulcrum of everything that is great about the pic, his character brought vividly - and crucially believably - to life, one of the best father portrayals in classic film. Battles rage, of the war, the heart and of the mind in one of the 1960s best American Oaters. 9/10