The Best Years of Our Lives
Drama
DirectorWilliam Wyler
ProducerSamuel Goldwyn
ScreenwriterMacKinlay Kantor, Robert E. Sherwood
DistributorRKO Radio Pictures
Release DateNov 21, 1946, Wide
LanguageEnglish
Runtime2h 52m
Fred, Al and Homer are three World War II veterans facing difficulties as they re-enter civilian life. Fred (Dana Andrews) is a war hero who, unable to compete with more highly skilled workers, has to return to his low-wage soda jerk job. Bank executive Al (Fredric March) gets into trouble for offering favorable loans to veterans. After losing both hands in the war, Homer (Harold Russell) returns to his loving fiancée, but must struggle to adjust.
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