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)