The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives - was released on: 3 October 1947.
The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:
- Myrna Loy… - played the character of: Milly Stephenson
- Fredric March… - played the character of: Al Stephenson
- Dana Andrews… - played the character of: Fred Derry
- Teresa Wright… - played the character of: Peggy Stephenson
- Virginia Mayo… - played the character of: Marie Derry
- Cathy O’Donnell… - played the character of: Wilma Cameron
- Hoagy Carmichael… Butch Engle
- Harold Russell… - played the character of: Homer Parrish
- Gladys George… Hortense Derry
- Roman Bohnen… Pat Derry
- Ray Collins… Mr. Milton
- Minna Gombell… Mrs. Parrish
- Walter Baldwin… Mr. Parrish
- Steve Cochran… Cliff Scully
- Dorothy Adams… - played the character of: Mrs. Cameron
Here is a summary of the film’s plot:
The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson (Fredric March) returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry (Dana Andrews) is an ordinary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish (Harold Russell) is unsure that his fiancée’s feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home. In short, the film has everything: laughter, tears, romance, anger, compassion, steadfast love, wrenching drama, social message, emotional dynamite. Written by alfiehitchie