
177 minutes
6/30/1944
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.

Claudette Colbert
as Mrs. Anne Hilton

Jennifer Jones
as Jane Deborah Hilton

Joseph Cotten
as Lieutenant Tony Willett

Shirley Temple
as Bridget 'Brig' Hilton

Monty Woolley
as Colonel William G. Smollett

Lionel Barrymore
as Clergyman

Robert Walker
as Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II

Hattie McDaniel
as Fidelia

Agnes Moorehead
as Mrs. Emily Hawkins

Alla Nazimova
as Zofia Koslowska

Albert Bassermann
as Dr. Sigmund Gottlieb Golden

Gordon Oliver
as Marine Officer Seeking Room

Keenan Wynn
as Lieutenant Solomon

Guy Madison
as Sailor Harold E. Smith

Craig Stevens
as Danny Williams

Lloyd Corrigan
as Mr. Mahoney - Grocer

Jackie Moran
as Johnny Mahoney

Dorothy Adams
as Nurse (uncredited)

Irving Bacon
as Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Conrad Binyon
as Page Boy (uncredited)

Dorothy Dandridge
as Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)

John Derek
as Minor Role (uncredited)

Jimmie Dodd
as Train Passenger (uncredited)

Rhonda Fleming
as Girl at Dance (uncredited)

Ann Gillis
as Becky Anderson - Class President (uncredited)

Eddie Hall
as Eager Sailor (uncredited)

Warren Hymer
as Convalescent Wishing for Tutti Frutti (uncredited)

Edwin Maxwell
as Businessman in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)

Andrew V. McLaglen
as Former Plowboy (uncredited)

Terry Moore
as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)

Aileen Pringle
as Woman at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)

Ruth Roman
as Envious Girl in Train Station (uncredited)

Grady Sutton
as Soldier Hunting for Susie Fleming (uncredited)

Theodore von Eltz
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Doodles Weaver
as Convalescent Wishing for Watermelon (uncredited)

Butterfly McQueen
as WAC Sergeant (uncredited)