The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Three wonderful loves in the best picture of the year!
170 min
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.
- Release date
- November 21, 1946
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Hugo Friedhofer
- Budget
- $2,100,000
- Box office
- $23,650,000
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Cast
- Dana Andrews as Fred Derry
- Fredric March as Al Stephenson
- Harold Russell as Homer Parrish
- Teresa Wright as Peggy Stephenson
- Myrna Loy as Milly Stephenson
- Cathy O'Donnell as Wilma Cameron
- Virginia Mayo as Marie Derry
- Hoagy Carmichael as Butch Engle
- Gladys George as Hortense Derry
- Roman Bohnen as Pat Derry
- Ray Collins as Mr. Milton
- Minna Gombell as Mrs. Parrish
- Walter Baldwin as Mr. Parrish
- Steve Cochran as Cliff Scully
- Dorothy Adams as Mrs. Cameron
- Don Beddoe as Mr. Cameron
- Charles Halton as Prew
- Ray Teal as Mr. Mollett
- Howland Chamberlain as Thorpe
- Dean White as Novak
- Erskine Sanford as Bullard
- Michael Hall as Rob Stephenson
- Victor Cutler as Woody Merrill
- Claire Du Brey as Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)
- Pat Flaherty as Salvage Foreman (uncredited)
- Jackie Jackson as A Boy (uncredited)
- William H. O'Brien as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Crew
- William Wyler · Director
- Robert E. Sherwood · Writer
- MacKinlay Kantor · Writer
- Samuel Goldwyn · Producer
- Hugo Friedhofer · Composer
- Gregg Toland · Cinematographer
- Daniel Mandell · Editor