It’s the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
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Film Cast:
- Milly Stephenson: Myrna Loy
- Al Stephenson: Fredric March
- Fred Derry: Dana Andrews
- Peggy Stephenson: Teresa Wright
- Marie Derry: Virginia Mayo
- Wilma Cameron: Cathy O’Donnell
- Butch Engle: Hoagy Carmichael
- Homer Parrish: Harold Russell
- Hortense Derry: Gladys George
- Pat Derry: Roman Bohnen
- Mr. Milton: Ray Collins
- Mrs. Parrish: Minna Gombell
- Mr. Parrish: Walter Baldwin
- Cliff Scully: Steve Cochran
- Mrs. Cameron: Dorothy Adams
- Mr. Cameron: Don Beddoe
- Luella Parrish: Marlene Aames
- Prew: Charles Halton
- Mr. Mollett: Ray Teal
- Thorpe: Howland Chamberlain
- Novak: Dean White
- Bullard: Erskine Sanford
- Rob Stephenson: Michael Hall
- Woody Merrill: Victor Cutler
- Mrs. Talburt – Perfume Customer (uncredited): Claire Du Brey
- Salvage Foreman (uncredited): Pat Flaherty
- A Boy (uncredited): Jackie Jackson
- Nightclub Waiter (uncredited): William H. O’Brien
- Man at Airport/Dinner Guest (uncredited): Bert Stevens
- …: Marion Gray
Film Crew:
- Director of Photography: Gregg Toland
- Screenplay: Robert E. Sherwood
- Editor: Daniel Mandell
- Costume Design: Irene Sharaff
- Art Direction: George Jenkins
- Director: William Wyler
- Set Decoration: Julia Heron
- Novel: MacKinlay Kantor
- Producer: Samuel Goldwyn
- Original Music Composer: Hugo Friedhofer
- Art Direction: Perry Ferguson
- Sound Recordist: Richard DeWeese
- Music Director: Emil Newman
- Makeup Artist: Robert Stephanoff
- Hairstylist: Marie Clark
- Gaffer: Bill McLellan
Movie Reviews:
- Andres Gomez: Another great Willy Wyler movie.
The story, with time, is quite expectable but the characters are well defined and developed by the cast.
Also, it is a good (and probably, too positive) review of the after WWII war lives of the US veterans.
A must to be seen.
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