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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
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DRAMA
ROMANCE
WAR

Three WWII veterans return home to small-town America to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.

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namecharacter
Dorothy Adams Mrs. Cameron
Dana Andrews Fred Derry
Walter Baldwin Mr. Parrish
Roman Bohnen Pat Derry
Hoagy Carmichael Butch Engle
Steve Cochran Cliff Scully
Ray Collins Mr. Milton
Gladys George Hortense Derry
Minna Gombell Mrs. Parrish
Myrna Loy Milly Stephenson
Fredric March Al Stephenson
Virginia Mayo Marie Derry
Cathy O'Donnell Wilma Cameron
Harold Russell Homer Parrish
Teresa Wright Peggy Stephenson
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Hugo Friedhofer composer
Samuel Goldwyn producer
MacKinlay Kantor writer (original)
Robert E. Sherwood screenplay
William Wyler director
yearawardcategoryname
1946 Academy Award Best Actor in a Leading Role Fredric March
1946 Academy Award Best Actor in a Supporting Role Harold Russell
1946 Academy Award Best Director William Wyler
1946 Academy Award Best Picture
1946 Academy Award Best Screenplay Robert E. Sherwood
1946 Golden Globe Award Best Picture
1947 BAFTA Best Film