The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
Academy Award for Best Picture — 19th Academy Awards
- Director:
- William Wyler
- Studio:
- Samuel Goldwyn Productions
- Starring:
- Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo
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Three American servicemen, an infantry sergeant, an Army Air Forces captain, and a sailor who lost both hands in the war, return home to the same Midwestern town after World War II and struggle to readjust to civilian life, changed families, and a society that doesn't fully understand what they've been through. Each man confronts a different form of dislocation, from marital strain and class friction to the sailor's fear that his disability will drive away the woman who loves him. William Wyler's landmark drama treats veterans' postwar trauma and reintegration with unusual honesty for its era.