The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives (also known as Glory for Me and Home Again) is a 1946 American epic drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo and Harold Russell. The film is about three United States servicemen re-adjusting to societal changes and civilian life after coming home from World War II. The three men come from different services with different ranks that do not correspond with their civilian social class backgrounds.
Plot
At the end of World War II, three veterans - (USAAF bombardier captain Fred Derry, U.S. Navy petty officer Homer Parrish, and U.S. Army sergeant Al Stephenson) - meet on a flight to their midwestern hometown of Boone City.
Awards
Cast
- Blake Edwards
- Cathy O'Donnell
- Charles Halton
- Clancy Cooper
- Dana Andrews
- Don Beddoe
- Dorothy Adams
- Earle Hodgins
- Edward Earle
- Erskine Sanford
- Fredric March
- Gladys George
- Hal K. Dawson
- Harold Miller
- Harold Russell
- Hoagy Carmichael
- Howland Chamberlain
- Jan Wiley
- Joyce Compton
- Leo Penn
- Lester Dorr
- Michael Hall
- Minna Gombell
- Myrna Loy
- Pat Flaherty
- Ralph Sanford
- Ray Collins
- Ray Teal
- Roman Bohnen
- Sidney Clute
- Steve Cochran
- Teresa Wright
- Virginia Mayo
- Walter Baldwin