The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

  • 2hr 50m
  • 93

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

William Wyler

Producer:

Samuel Goldwyn

Writer:

Robert E. Sherwood, MacKinlay Kantor

Runtime:

2hr 50m

Synopsis

Three World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.

Cast

  • Myrna Loy
  • Fredric March
  • Dana Andrews
  • Teresa Wright
  • Virginia Mayo
  • Cathy O'Donnell
  • Hoagy Carmichael
  • Harold Russell
  • Gladys George
  • Roman Bohnen

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93
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Based on 17 Critics
8.4

USER SCORE (46)

Universal acclaim based on 46 Reviews
100

A best picture Oscar winner, and one of the finest of all American films. [04 Aug 1989, p.37]

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Hal Boedeker
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