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The Best Years of Our Lives

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Calorie Rating: 242
Released: 1946-12-25
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 172 Minutes
Budget: 2100000
Revenue 23650000
Studios: Samuel Goldwyn Productions, RKO Radio Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Company,


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.

Director / Directors

Jonathan C. Boyle
Assistant Director


Cast

Dana Andrews
Character: Fred Derry
Fredric March
Character: Al Stephenson
Harold Russell
Character: Homer Parrish

Teresa Wright
Character: Peggy Stephenson
Myrna Loy
Character: Milly Stephenson
Cathy O'Donnell
Character: Wilma Cameron

Virginia Mayo
Character: Marie Derry
Hoagy Carmichael
Character: Butch Engle
Gladys George
Character: Hortense Derry

Roman Bohnen
Character: Pat Derry
Ray Collins
Character: Mr. Milton
Minna Gombell
Character: Mrs. Parrish

Walter Baldwin
Character: Mr. Parrish
Steve Cochran
Character: Cliff Scully
Dorothy Adams
Character: Mrs. Cameron

Don Beddoe
Character: Mr. Cameron
Marlene Aames
Character: Luella Parrish
Charles Halton
Character: Prew

Ray Teal
Character: Mr. Mollett
Howland Chamberlain
Character: Thorpe
Dean White
Character: Novak

Erskine Sanford
Character: Bullard
Michael Hall
Character: Rob Stephenson
Victor Cutler
Character: Woody Merrill

Claire Du Brey
Character: Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Character: Salvage Foreman (uncredited)
Jackie Jackson
Character: A Boy (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien
Character: Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Character: Man at Airport / Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Marion Gray
Character: Department Store Customer (uncredited)

Jimmy Ames
Character: Jackie (uncredited)
Carol Andrews
Character: Saleswoman (uncredited)
Mary Arden
Character: Miss Barbour (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Character: Bank Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Harry Cheshire
Character: Minister at Wedding (uncredited)

Sidney Clute
Character: Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Joyce Compton
Character: Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

James Conaty
Character: Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Character: Customer (uncredited)
Bert Conway
Character: ATC Sergeant (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper
Character: Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Mady Correll
Character: Announcer (uncredited)
Roy Darmour
Character: Parking Lot Attendant (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson
Character: Man at Airport (uncredited)
Lawrence Dobkin
Character: Bank Customer with Hat (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Character: Bar Patron (uncredited)

Tom Dugan
Character: Doorman (uncredited)
Dick Earle
Character: Bank Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Edward Earle
Character: Steese - Bank (uncredited)

Blake Edwards
Character: Corporal at ATC Counter (uncredited)
Billy Engle
Character: Customer (uncredited)
Ben Erway
Character: Lou Latham - Bank (uncredited)

Doris June Fesetta
Character: Camera Girl (uncredited)
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Character: Nightclub/Hillbilly Singer (uncredited)
Louise Franklin
Character: Ladies' Room Attendant (uncredited)

Harry Gillette
Character: Card Player at Lucia's (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Character: Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Character: Bank Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Earle Hodgins
Character: Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Ray Hyke
Character: Gus - Salvage Worker (uncredited)

John Ince
Character: Ryan - Bank Guard (uncredited)
Teddy Infuhr
Character: Dexter - Brat in Drugstore (uncredited)
Georgia Kane
Character: Singer (uncredited)

Robert Karnes
Character: Technical Sergeant (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Character: Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Donald Kerr
Character: Steve the Bartender (uncredited)

Gene Krupa
Character: Musician - Drum Solo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Alyn Lockwood
Character: Counter Girl (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack
Character: Man at Airport (uncredited)
Susan Mann
Character: Announcer (uncredited)
Thomas Martin
Character: Waiter (uncredited)

Michael Mauree
Character: Glamour Girl (uncredited)
Doreen McCann
Character: A Girl (uncredited)
Peggy McIntyre
Character: Girl at Soda Fountain - Mollett Scene (uncredited)

Russell Meeker
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Chef Milani
Character: Giuseppe - Lucia's Restaurant Proprietor (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Character: Wealthy Man at Nightclub (uncredited)

Ernesto Molinari
Character: Card Player (uncredited)
William Newell
Character: Waiter at Bank Dinner (uncredited)
Georgie Nokes
Character: One of Homer's 'Kids' (uncredited)

Joe Palma
Character: Card Player (uncredited)
Leo Penn
Character: ATC Corporal (uncredited)
Caleb Peterson
Character: Black Soldier at Airfield (uncredited)

Norman Phillips Jr.
Character: Clarence 'Sticky' Merkle (uncredited)
Jack Rice
Character: Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Character: Girl at Table with Cliff (uncredited)

Mickey Roth
Character: Boy at Soda Fountain - Mollett Scene (uncredited)
Loretta Russell
Character: Bank Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Ruth Sanderson
Character: Mrs. Garrett (uncredited)

Ralph Sanford
Character: George H. Gibbons (uncredited)
Noreen Sayles
Character: Girl (uncredited)
Stephen Soldi
Character: Card Player (uncredited)

John Tyrrell
Character: Angus - Butch's Waiter (uncredited)
Amelita Ward
Character: Counter Girl (uncredited)
Jan Wiley
Character: Perfume Saleswoman (uncredited)

Marek Windheim
Character: Waiter at Lucia's Restaurant (uncredited)
Catherine Wyler
Character: Department Store Customer (uncredited)
Judy Wyler
Character: Department Store Customer (uncredited)

William Wyler
Character: Drug Store customer (uncredited)
Dick Gordon
Character: Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Gregg Toland
Director of Photography
Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer
George Jenkins
Art Direction

Perry Ferguson
Art Direction
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design

Julia Heron
Set Decoration

John P. Fulton
Special Effects
Harry Redmond Sr.
Special Effects

Gordon Sawyer
Supervising Sound Editor

Richard DeWeese
Sound Recordist
Emil Newman
Music Director
Marie Clark
Hairstylist

Robert Stephanoff
Makeup Artist