Raintree County (1957)

Agnes Moorehead: Ellen Shawnessy

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• Ellen Shawnessy : Did you ever hear your father's sermon on the evils of tobacco? Ends with a regular poem: "Some do it chew, and some do it smoke, while some it up their noses do poke."

  John Wickliff Shawnessy : I do all three at the same time.

• John Wickliff Shawnessy : [People are gathering in the town center]  What's going on here?

  Ellen Shawnessy : You haven't heard? They've attacked Fort Sumter. It means war sure as anything.

  T.D. Shawnessy : I'm not so sure. Now, say what you will, Americans will never fight each other. We'll settle our difficulties peacefully.