The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

1946 American drama film directed by William Wyler

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Genre drama, war

Country United States

Runtime 172 min

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Cast & crew

Directed by William Wyler

Written by Robert E. Sherwood, MacKinlay Kantor

Produced by Samuel Goldwyn

Music by Hugo Friedhofer

Cinematography Gregg Toland

Edited by Daniel Mandell

Cast (34)

Fredric March · Teresa Wright · Blake Edwards · Myrna Loy · Dana Andrews · Harold Russell · Virginia Mayo · Hoagy Carmichael · Gladys George · Cathy O'Donnell · Leo Penn · Ray Collins · Steve Cochran · Joyce Compton · Don Beddoe · Ray Teal · Minna Gombell · Charles Halton · Erskine Sanford · Dorothy Adams · Edward Earle · Roman Bohnen · Earle Hodgins · Pat Flaherty · Walter Baldwin · Clancy Cooper · Ralph Sanford · Howland Chamberlain · Hal K. Dawson · Lester Dorr · Jan Wiley · Sidney Clute · Harold Miller · Michael Hall

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