Screenplay:
David O. SelznickComposer:
Max SteinerCast:
Claudette Colbert, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple, Monty Woolley, Lionel Barrymore, Robert Walker, Hattie McDaniel, Agnes Moorehead (more)Plots(1)
With her husband Tim off at war, Anne Hilton (Colbert) struggles to be a pillar of strength for her daughters Jane (Jones) and Bridget (Temple). During America's darkest hours, she bravely steers her girls through heartbreak and hardships as she eagerly awaits news from overseas and wonders if life will ever be the same. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Charles Williams
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Love Is News (1937)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Jack Gardner
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
![Florence Allen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/388/160388633_8f1c38.jpg)
Florence Allen
Best movies:
Since You Went Away (1944)
The Clock (1945)
James Bush
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Out of the Past (1947)
Air Force (1943)
![Peggy Maley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/497/160497869_c3bd5c.jpg)
Peggy Maley
USA
Best movies:
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
![Barbara Pepper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/204/160204222_858cca.jpg)
Barbara Pepper
USA
Best movies:
Of Mice and Men (1939)
My Fair Lady (1964)
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
![Lela Bliss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/928/160928790_06f2ad.jpg)
Lela Bliss
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
All I Desire (1953)
![Edwin Maxwell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/995/160995623_fe923a.jpg)
Edwin Maxwell
Ireland
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
![Wallis Clark](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/167/161167747_1e4c4d.jpg)
Wallis Clark
UK
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
It Happened One Night (1934)
![Ann Gillis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/886/160886914_f5c6f5.jpg)
Ann Gillis
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Bambi (1942)
Eddie Borden
USA
Best movies:
The Red Pony (1949)
Monkey Business (1931)
The Flying Deuces (1939)
![Adeline De Walt Reynolds](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/757/161757094_d485bf.jpg)
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
USA
Best movies:
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
![Noble 'Kid' Chissell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/785/161785386_718568.jpg)
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
After the Thin Man (1936)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Eddie Hall
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Shall We Dance? (1937)
George Lloyd
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Scarlet Street (1945)
James Carlisle
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Buddy Gorman
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
Ralph Reed
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
Bobby Johnson
USA
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
In Cold Blood (1967)
![Grady Sutton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/587/161587687_826793.jpg)
Grady Sutton
USA
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)