
Overview
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.
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Crew
DirectorJohn Cromwell
WriterDavid O. Selznick
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)
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Keywords
based on novel or booklodgerloveteenage girlmidwesthome frontwar effortrationingmother daughter relationship
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Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 4, 2026








