Shenandoah
Two mighty armies trampled its valley... A fighting family challenged them both!
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen
Produced by Universal Pictures
A family-centered Civil War drama about a determined widower forced to navigate the conflict to protect his children, balancing intimate domestic bonds against the brutality of war.
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.
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