Directed by:
William WylerScreenplay:
Robert E. SherwoodCinematography:
Gregg TolandComposer:
Hugo FriedhoferCast:
Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Donnell, Hoagy Carmichael, Gladys George, Harold Russell, Steve Cochran (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Upon returning to small-town America, three World War II veterans have difficulty readjusting to life at home, discovering that both they and their families have irrevocably changed. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Blake Edwards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269594_d947f6.jpg)
Blake Edwards
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
![Joyce Compton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/477/158477133_758ea5.jpg)
Joyce Compton
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
![William H. O'Brien](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000169_7ce976.jpg)
William H. O'Brien
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
![Pat Flaherty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000248_6efdc2.jpg)
Pat Flaherty
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
![Robert Karnes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162548_330b88.jpg)
Robert Karnes
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
![Earle Hodgins](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162628_304e81.gif)
Earle Hodgins
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
East of Eden (1955)
![Kenner G. Kemp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/630/161630545_8fe94b.jpg)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
![Walter Baldwin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162682_4e20bd.jpg)
Walter Baldwin
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
![Harold Miller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/975/160975967_38771f.jpg)
Harold Miller
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Donald Kerr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Lester Dorr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
![Tom Dugan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/873/159873605_cd34c1.jpg)
Tom Dugan
Ireland
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![Edward Earle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/469/159469264_e21130.jpg)
Edward Earle
Canada
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Al Bridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/365/161365665_e1caf5.jpg)
Al Bridge
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Sidney Clute](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/874/159874738_c117e6.gif)
Sidney Clute
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
...And Justice for All (1979)
The Big Heat (1953)
![William Newell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/888/159888726_7b607c.jpg)
William Newell
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Fury (1936)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Howland Chamberlain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/894/159894740_0df986.gif)
Howland Chamberlain
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
A Song Is Born (1948)
![Wilbur Mack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011778_cc37d0.jpg)
Wilbur Mack
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
James Conaty
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Billy Engle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/995/159995722_88400e.jpg)
Billy Engle
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)