L'Arbre de vie
Malgré son attachement à Nell, son amie d'enfance, John Shawnessy, poète et professeur, épouse Susanna Drake, sans savoir qu'elle souffre de troubles mentaux. La guerre de Sécession éclate, John sert dans l'armée de l'Union tandis que Susanna franchit les lignes ennemies et retourne dans le Sud.
Director Edward Dmytryk
Trailer
Cast
Elizabeth Taylor
Susanna Drake Shawnessy
William Challee
Spectator (uncredited)
Robert Foulk
Pantomimist (uncredited)
Christopher Riordan
Spectator at Footrace (uncredited)
Rod Taylor
Garwood B. Jones
Don Burnett
Tom Conway (uncredited)
Jimmy Dime
Bartender (uncredited)
Frank Kreig
Spectator (uncredited)
Ralph Moratz
Spectator at footrace (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Prostitute (uncredited)
Nigel Patrick
Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles
Lee Marvin
Orville 'Flash' Perkins
James Griffith
Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)
Bill Walker
Old George (uncredited)
Frank Mills
Soldier (uncredited)
Tom Drake
Bobby Drake
Myrna Hansen
Mrs. Lydia Gray (uncredited), Lydia Grey (uncredited)
Ruth Attaway
Parthenia (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
Townsman (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
Madame Gaubert (uncredited)
Stacy Harris
Union Lieutenant (uncredited)
Nesdon Booth
Spectator (uncredited)
Gardner McKay
Bearded Soldier (uncredited)
Ron Soble
Rebel Soldier (uncredited)
Charles Watts
Party Guest (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
Townsman (uncredited)
Rhys Williams
Ezra Gray
Agnes Moorehead
Ellen Shawnessy
Walter Abel
T.D. Shawnessy
Scott Seaton
Party Guest (uncredited)
DeForest Kelley
Southern Officer
Jimmie Horan
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Townsman (uncredited)
Russell Collins
Niles Foster
Sue George
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Phil Chambers
Starter (uncredited)
Isabel Cooley
Soona - Susanna's Maid (uncredited)
Michael Dante
Jesse Gardner (uncredited)
John Eldredge
Cousin Sam (uncredited)
Eva Marie Saint
Nell Gaither
Jarma Lewis
Barbara Drake
Bill Hickman
Townsman (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Townsman (uncredited)
Montgomery Clift
John Wickliff Shawnessy
Oliver Blake
Jake - Bartender (uncredited)
Burt Mustin
Old Gent with 'Flash' (uncredited)