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.
Directed by
John Cromwell
Shirley Temple
Bridget 'Brig' Hilton
Claudette Colbert
Mrs. Anne Hilton
Guy Madison
Sailor Harold E. Smith
Keenan Wynn
Lieutenant Solomon
Ruth Roman
Envious Girl in Train Station (uncredited)
Joseph Cotten
Lieutenant Tony Willett
Rhonda Fleming
Girl at Dance (uncredited)
Terry Moore
Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)
Agnes Moorehead
Mrs. Emily Hawkins
John Derek
Minor Role (uncredited)
Monty Woolley
Colonel William G. Smollett
Lionel Barrymore
Clergyman
Jennifer Jones
Jane Deborah Hilton
Albert Bassermann
Dr. Sigmund Gottlieb Golden
Dorothy Adams
Nurse (uncredited)
Warren Hymer
Convalescent Wishing for Tutti Frutti (uncredited)
Hattie McDaniel
Fidelia
Jimmie Dodd
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Craig Stevens
Danny Williams
Jackie Moran
Johnny Mahoney
Irving Bacon
Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Robert Walker
Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II
Doodles Weaver
Convalescent Wishing for Watermelon (uncredited)
Aileen Pringle
Woman at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Lloyd Corrigan
Mr. Mahoney - Grocer
Ann Gillis
Becky Anderson - Class President (uncredited)
Dorothy Dandridge
Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)