Het verhaal gaat over een famillie in Indiana in 1862. Hun religie verbiedt streng het geweld en de oorlog. Het is voor hen niet makkelijk om de godsdienstregels in alledaags leven te treffen. Maar wanneer een zuidelijke troep hun gebied passeert zitten ze met een echt probleem. Zullen ze moeten vechten?
Nee, helaas is Friendly Persuasion nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | William Wyler | Director |
| Writing | Michael Wilson | Screenplay |
| Sound | Del Harris | Sound Editor |
| Production | Robert Wyler | Associate Producer |
| Production | Allen K. Wood | Production Manager |
| Camera | Ellsworth Fredericks | Director of Photography |
| Art | Joseph Kish | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorothy Jeakins | Costume Design |
| Production | William Wyler | Producer |
| Editing | Robert Belcher | Editor |
| Art | Ted Haworth | Art Direction |
| Editing | Robert Swink | Editor |
| Editing | Edward A. Biery | Editor |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Slim Talbot | Stunts |
| Directing | Claude Binyon Jr. | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Gordon Sawyer | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Leroy Johnson | Stunts |
| Camera | Ray Rennahan | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Crew | Augie Lohman | Special Effects |
| Crew | Tap Canutt | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Agnes Flanagan | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Gordon R. Glennan | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Loren Janes | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Glenn Cavender | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Hank Moreland | Special Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emile LaVigne | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Charles Duncan | Special Effects |
| Production | Walter Mirisch | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Austen Jewell | Assistant Director |
| Directing | William O'Donnell | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Ralph Butler | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | Hank Morland | Special Effects |
| Crew | John Epper | Stunts |
| Directing | Thomas Carr | Second Unit Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | John G. Holden | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | Jessamyn West | Book |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sid Mintz | Wardrobe Designer |