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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
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Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed. Director:William Wyler |
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Won 7 Oscars.
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Cast
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| Fredric March | ... |
Al Stephenson
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| Teresa Wright | ... | ||
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Cathy O'Donnell | ... | |
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Hoagy Carmichael | ... | |
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Gladys George | ... |
Hortense Derry
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Roman Bohnen | ... |
Pat Derry
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Ray Collins | ... |
Mr. Milton
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Minna Gombell | ... |
Mrs. Parrish
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Walter Baldwin | ... |
Mr. Parrish
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Steve Cochran | ... |
Cliff
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Dorothy Adams | ... | |
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Storyline
The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry is an ordinary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish is unsure that his fiancée's feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home. Written by alfiehitchie
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
(France) See more »Also Known As:
Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives See more »Filming Locations:
Long Beach Airport - 4101 E. Donald Douglas Drive, Long Beach, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$2,100,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Fred Derry: You know what it'll be, don't you, Peggy? It may take us years to get anywhere. We'll have no money, no decent place to live. We'll have to work, get kicked around.
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(1927) (uncredited)
Music by Edgar Leslie
Lyrics by Lawrence Wright
Played on piano by Hoagy Carmichael and danced by Fredric March & Myrna Loy See more »
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During the wedding scene at the end, Harold Russell fluffed his lines during his vows. Rather than calling cut and ordering a re-take, William Wyler liked how natural it sounded and this was the take used. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: In several shots when Fred moves around inside the nose of the B-17 at the airplane grave yard, the interior rocks unnaturally, indicating he's in a separate, detached set. See more »Quotes
[last lines]Fred Derry: You know what it'll be, don't you, Peggy? It may take us years to get anywhere. We'll have no money, no decent place to live. We'll have to work, get kicked around.
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Soundtracks
"Among My Souvenirs"(1927) (uncredited)
Music by Edgar Leslie
Lyrics by Lawrence Wright
Played on piano by Hoagy Carmichael and danced by Fredric March & Myrna Loy See more »
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