Directed by:
Edward DmytrykScreenplay:
Allen RivkinCinematography:
Harry J. WildComposer:
Leigh HarlineCast:
Dorothy McGuire, Guy Madison, Robert Mitchum, Bill Williams, Tom Tully, William Gargan, Jean Porter, Johnny Sands, Selena Royle, Blake Edwards, Ellen Corby (more)Plots(1)
This lovely, eloquently simple film about returning WWII vets and their difficulties adjusting to the homefront was made and released by RKO to get the jump on The Best Years of Our Lives. Robert Mitchum's Tabeshaw, who has come home with a steel plate in his head, and his pal Cliff (Guy Madison), who left as a boy and has returned as a man, spend their days looking for something they can relate to, and the action is comprised of a series of small encounters, many of which (for instance, Madison and Dorothy McGuire's war widow flanking a vet with the shakes at a lunch counter) are quietly devastating. (New York Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Dorothy McGuire
USA
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Guy Madison
USA
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Robert Mitchum
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Bill Williams
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Tom Tully
USA
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William Gargan
USA
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Jean Porter
USA
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Johnny Sands
USA
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Selena Royle
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Blake Edwards
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Ellen Corby
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Bobby Barber
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Harry von Zell
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Joe Ploski
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Dick Elliott
USA
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Harry Hayden
Canada
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Paul Birch
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Ruth Nelson
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William Newell
USA
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Tim Ryan
USA
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