The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

3.9

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.

Cast

Dana Andrews

Fredric March

Harold Russell

Teresa Wright

Peggy Stephenson

Myrna Loy

Milly Stephenson

Cathy O'Donnell

Cathy O'Donnell

Virginia Mayo

Hoagy Carmichael

Hoagy Carmichael

Gladys George

Roman Bohnen

Ray Collins

Minna Gombell

Walter Baldwin

Steve Cochran

Dorothy Adams

Don Beddoe

Charles Halton

Ray Teal

Howland Chamberlain

Howland Chamberlain

Dean White

Erskine Sanford

Erskine Sanford

Victor Cutler

Claire Du Brey

Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Salvage Foreman (uncredited)

A Boy (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

William H. O'Brien

Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

Man at Airport / Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Department Store Customer (uncredited)

Jackie (uncredited)

Carol Andrews

Saleswoman (uncredited)

Mary Arden

Miss Barbour (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Edward Biby

Bank Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Harry Cheshire

Minister at Wedding (uncredited)

Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)

Waiter (uncredited)

Joyce Compton

Hat Check Girl (uncredited)

Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

Customer (uncredited)

ATC Sergeant (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Mady Correll

Announcer (uncredited)

Parking Lot Attendant (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson

Man at Airport (uncredited)

Lawrence Dobkin

Lawrence Dobkin

Bank Customer with Hat (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Tom Dugan

Doorman (uncredited)

Bank Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Edward Earle

Steese - Bank (uncredited)

Corporal at ATC Counter (uncredited)

Customer (uncredited)

Lou Latham - Bank (uncredited)

Doris June Fesetta

Camera Girl (uncredited)

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Nightclub/Hillbilly Singer (uncredited)

Louise Franklin

Ladies' Room Attendant (uncredited)

Card Player at Lucia's (uncredited)

Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited)

Herschel Graham

Bank Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Earle Hodgins

Diner Attendant at Lucia's (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Gus - Salvage Worker (uncredited)

John Ince

Ryan - Bank Guard (uncredited)

Teddy Infuhr

Dexter - Brat in Drugstore (uncredited)

Singer (uncredited)

Robert Karnes

Technical Sergeant (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp

Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Donald Kerr

Steve the Bartender (uncredited)

Gene Krupa

Musician - Drum Solo (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

Ethelreda Leopold

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Counter Girl (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Man at Airport (uncredited)

Announcer (uncredited)

Waiter (uncredited)

Glamour Girl (uncredited)

A Girl (uncredited)

Peggy McIntyre

Girl at Soda Fountain - Mollett Scene (uncredited)

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Giuseppe - Lucia's Restaurant Proprietor (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Wealthy Man at Nightclub (uncredited)

Ernesto Molinari

Card Player (uncredited)

William Newell

Waiter at Bank Dinner (uncredited)

One of Homer's 'Kids' (uncredited)

Card Player (uncredited)

ATC Corporal (uncredited)

Black Soldier at Airfield (uncredited)

Norman Phillips Jr.

Clarence 'Sticky' Merkle (uncredited)

Jack Rice

Apartment Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway

Suzanne Ridgway

Girl at Table with Cliff (uncredited)

Boy at Soda Fountain - Mollett Scene (uncredited)

Loretta Russell

Loretta Russell

Bank Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Mrs. Garrett (uncredited)

Ralph Sanford

George H. Gibbons (uncredited)

Girl (uncredited)

Card Player (uncredited)

John Tyrrell

Angus - Butch's Waiter (uncredited)

Amelita Ward

Counter Girl (uncredited)

Jan Wiley

Perfume Saleswoman (uncredited)

Marek Windheim

Waiter at Lucia's Restaurant (uncredited)

Catherine Wyler

Department Store Customer (uncredited)

Department Store Customer (uncredited)

William Wyler

Drug Store customer (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

Maitre d'Hotel (uncredited)