Drama Fantasy War
An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.
Directed by
Irving Pichel
Lillian Bronson
Mattie Dyer (uncredited)
Aileen Pringle
Mrs. Prentiss (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Jake Hibbs (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Shep Wayne (uncredited)
Harry Morgan
Tony Cavrek (as Henry Morgan)
Dickie Moore
Peter Orcutt
Harry Carey
Edward "Gramp" Marsh
Ann Rutherford
Lenore Prentiss
Mary Wickes
Emmy (uncredited)
Richard Crane
Rusty Marsh
Natalie Wood
Little Girl Dropping Ice Cream Cone (uncredited)
Adeline De Walt Reynolds
Mrs. Schneider (uncredited)
Reed Hadley
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Cara Williams
Gretchen Barry
Oscar O'Shea
Father Case (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard
Clerk (uncredited)
Leigh Whipper
Old Ben (uncredited)
Don Ameche
Lew Marsh
Irving Pichel
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
Old Man Bowers (uncredited)
Ferris Taylor
Mayor (uncredited)
Minor Watson
Judge Colvin
Matt Moore
Mr. Prentiss (uncredited)
John Dilson
Charles Clayton (uncredited)
Juanita Quigley
Sally Pierce (uncredited)
Paul Weigel
Pop Schmidt (uncredited)
Marjorie Cooley
Teacher (uncredited)
Frances Dee
Agnes Marsh
Houseley Stevenson
Sam Watson (uncredited)
Darla Hood
Lenore Prentiss, age 12 (uncredited)
Richard Abbott
Reverend Wood (uncredited)
Jackie Averill
Tod (uncredited)
Ned Dobson Jr.
Jackie (uncredited)
Elvin Field
Joe (uncredited)
Pass Le Noir
Dr. Hammond (uncredited)
Terry Masengale
Arch (uncredited)
Edwin Mills
Bud (uncredited)
Roseanne Murray
Mrs. Velma Jacobson (uncredited)
William J. O'Brien
Chris (uncredited)
Larry Olsen
Rusty, age 5 (uncredited)
June Preston
Mrs. Prentiss' Daughter (uncredited)
James J. Smith
Everett Moore (uncredited)
Tom Stevenson
Mr. MacMurray (uncredited)
Bernard Thomas
Sam Kendall (uncredited)
Larry Thompson
Andy Jacobson (uncredited)
William Weber
Bill Beecher (uncredited)
James West
Rusty, ages 12 to 16 (uncredited)

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