In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters.
Cast
Claudette Colbert
Mrs. Anne Hilton
Jennifer Jones
Jane Deborah Hilton
Joseph Cotten
Lieutenant Tony Willett
Shirley Temple
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton
Monty Woolley
Colonel William G. Smollett
Lionel Barrymore
Clergyman
Robert Walker
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II
Hattie McDaniel
Fidelia
Agnes Moorehead
Mrs. Emily Hawkins
Alla Nazimova
Zofia Koslowska
Albert Bassermann
Dr. Sigmund Gottlieb Golden
Gordon Oliver
Marine Officer Seeking Room
Keenan Wynn
Lieutenant Solomon
Guy Madison
Sailor Harold E. Smith
Craig Stevens
Danny Williams
Lloyd Corrigan
Mr. Mahoney - Grocer
Jackie Moran
Johnny Mahoney
Dorothy Adams
Nurse (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Conrad Binyon
Page Boy (uncredited)
Dorothy Dandridge
Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)
John Derek
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jimmie Dodd
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Rhonda Fleming
Girl at Dance (uncredited)
Ann Gillis
Becky Anderson - Class President (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Eager Sailor (uncredited)
Warren Hymer
Convalescent Wishing for Tutti Frutti (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
Businessman in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Andrew V. McLaglen
Former Plowboy (uncredited)
Terry Moore
Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
Aileen Pringle
Woman at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Ruth Roman
Envious Girl in Train Station (uncredited)
Grady Sutton
Soldier Hunting for Susie Fleming (uncredited)
Theodore von Eltz
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Doodles Weaver
Convalescent Wishing for Watermelon (uncredited)
Butterfly McQueen
WAC Sergeant (uncredited)
Crew
Victor A. Gangelin
Interior Designer
John Cromwell
Director
David O. Selznick
Screenplay, Producer
Margaret Buell Wilder
Book
Stanley Cortez
Director of Photography
Lee Garmes
Director of Photography
Lowell J. Farrell
Assistant Director
William L. Pereira
Production Design
Margaret Martin
Hairstylist
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Mark-Lee Kirk
Set Decoration
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