The Best Years of Our Lives
Drama
Romance
War
Three wonderful loves in the best picture of the year!
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.
1946-12-25
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Cast
Director
William Wyler
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
Victor Cutler as Woody Merrill
Claire Du Brey as Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty as Salvage Foreman (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Carol Andrews as Saleswoman (uncredited)
Mary Arden as Miss Barbour (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Harry Cheshire as Minister at Wedding (uncredited)
Sidney Clute as Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)
Joyce Compton as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin as Customer (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Mady Correll as Announcer (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson as Man at Airport (uncredited)
Lawrence Dobkin as Bank Customer with Hat (uncredited)
Lester Dorr as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Tom Dugan as Doorman (uncredited)
Edward Earle as Steese - Bank (uncredited)
Billy Engle as Customer (uncredited)
Tennessee Ernie Ford as Nightclub/Hillbilly Singer (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins as Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Ray Hyke as Gus - Salvage Worker (uncredited)
John Ince as Ryan - Bank Guard (uncredited)
Teddy Infuhr as Dexter - Brat in Drugstore (uncredited)
Robert Karnes as Technical Sergeant (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Donald Kerr as Steve the Bartender (uncredited)
Gene Krupa as Musician - Drum Solo (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack as Man at Airport (uncredited)
Peggy McIntyre as Girl at Soda Fountain - Mollett Scene (uncredited)
Harold Miller as Wealthy Man at Nightclub (uncredited)
William Newell as Waiter at Bank Dinner (uncredited)
Jack Rice as Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway as Girl at Table with Cliff (uncredited)
Loretta Russell as Bank Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Ralph Sanford as George H. Gibbons (uncredited)
Stephen Soldi as Card Player (uncredited)
John Tyrrell as Angus - Butch's Waiter (uncredited)
Amelita Ward as Counter Girl (uncredited)
Jan Wiley as Perfume Saleswoman (uncredited)
Marek Windheim as Waiter at Lucia's Restaurant (uncredited)
William Wyler as Drug Store customer (uncredited)