from RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by
William Wyler
Starring
Myrna Loy (Milly Stephenson)
Fredric March (Al Stephenson)
Dana Andrews (Fred Derry)
Teresa Wright (Peggy Stephenson)
Virginia Mayo (Marie Derry)
Cathy O'Donnell (Wilma Cameron)
Hoagy Carmichael (Butch Engle)
Gladys George (Hortense Derry)
Harold Russell (Homer Parrish)
Roman Bohnen (Pat Derry)
Ray Collins (Mr. Milton)
Victor Cutler (Woody)
Minna Gombell (Mrs. Parrish)
Walter Baldwin (Mr. Parrish)
Steve Cochran (Cliff Scully)
Dorothy Adams (Mrs. Cameron)
Don Beddoe (Mr. Cameron)
Marlene Aames (Luella Parrish)
Charles Halton (Prew)
Ray Teal (Mr. Mollett)
Howland Chamberlain (Mr. Thorpe)
Dean White (Mr. Novak)
Erskine Sanford (Mr. Bullard)
Michael Hall (Rob Stephenson)
James Ames (Jackie)
Harry Cheshire (Minister)
Joyce Compton
Bert Conway (ATC Sergeant)
Clancy Cooper (Taxi Driver)
Claire Du Brey (Mrs. Talburt)
Blake Edwards (Corporal)
Ben Erway (Latham)
Pat Flaherty (Salvage Foreman)
Teddy Infuhr (Dexter)
Robert Karnes (Tech. Sergeant)
Donald Kerr (Steve the Bartender)
Norman Phillips (Clarence "Stinky" Merkle)
Jack Rice (Desk Clerk)
Ruth Sanderson (Mrs. Garrett)
Ralph Sanford (George H. Gibbons)
John Tyrrell (Angus (Gus) the Waiter)
Cathy Wyler
Judy Wyler
Written by
Robert E. Sherwood
MacKinlay Kantor (novel Glory for Me) |
 Perhaps
the most memorable film about the aftermath of World War II,
it unfolds with the homecoming of three veterans (Fredric March,
Dana Andrews, and Harold Russell) to their small Midwestern town
of Boone City. The leads all touch emotional truths: Loy seems
able to express longing, joy, fear and surprise - mostly with
her back turned - in a particularly poignant welcome home. The
movie never glosses over the reality of altered lives and the
inability to communicate the experience of war on the front lines
or the home front. A landmark achievement. WWII vet Russell,
who lost his hands in the war, is the only person to win two
Oscars for the same role, Best Supporting Actor and a special
Oscar "for bringing hope and courage to his fellow veterans
through his appearance."
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