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Directed By
William Wyler
Written By
Robert E. Sherwood
screen play
MacKinlay Kantor
from a novel by
Cast
Myrna Loy
Milly Stephenson
Fredric March
Al Stephenson
Dana Andrews
Fred Derry
Teresa Wright
Peggy Stephenson
Virginia Mayo
Marie Derry
Cathy O'Donnell
Wilma Cameron
Hoagy Carmichael
Butch Engle
Harold Russell
Homer Parrish
Gladys George
Hortense Derry
Roman Bohnen
Pat Derry
Ray Collins
Mr. Milton
Minna Gombell
Mrs. Parrish
Walter Baldwin
Mr. Parrish
Steve Cochran
Cliff
Dorothy Adams
Mrs. Cameron
Don Beddoe
Mr. Cameron
Marlene Aames
Luella Parrish
Charles Halton
Prew
Ray Teal
Mr. Mollett
Howland Chamberlain
Thorpe
Dean White
Novak
Erskine Sanford
Bullard
Michael Hall
Rob Stephenson
Victor Cutler
Woody Merrill
Nestor Amaral
Guitar player in Samba band.
Jimmy Ames
Jackie
Carol Andrews
Saleswoman
Mary Arden
Miss Barbour
Gertrude Astor
Wedding Guest
Edward Biby
Bank Dinner Guest
Harry Cheshire
Minister at Wedding
Sidney Clute
Drugstore Clerk
Tom Coleman
Waiter
Joyce Compton
Hat Check Girl
James Conaty
Dinner Guest
Heinie Conklin
Customer
Bert Conway
ATC Sergeant
Clancy Cooper
Taxi Driver
Mady Correll
Announcer
Roy Darmour
Parking Lot Attendant
Hal K. Dawson
Man at Airport
Lawrence Dobkin
Bank Customer with Hat
Lester Dorr
Bar Patron
Claire Du Brey
Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer
Tom Dugan
Doorman
Dick Earle
Bank Dinner Guest
Edward Earle
Steese - Bank
Blake Edwards
Corporal at ATC Counter
Billy Engle
Customer
Ben Erway
Lou Latham - Bank
Doris June Fesetta
Camera Girl
Pat Flaherty
Salvage Foreman
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Nightclub / Hillbilly Singer
Louise Franklin
Ladies' Room Attendant
Harry Gillette
Card Player at Lucia's
Dick Gordon
Maitre d'Hotel
Herschel Graham
Bank Dinner Guest
Marion Gray
Department Store Customer
Earle Hodgins
Diner Attendant at Lucia's
Stuart Holmes
Wedding Guest
Ray Hyke
Gus - Salvage Worker
John Ince
Ryan - Bank Guard
Teddy Infuhr
Dexter - Brat in Drugstore
Jackie Jackson
A Boy
Georgia Kane
Singer
Robert Karnes
Technical Sergeant
Kenner G. Kemp
Dinner Guest
Donald Kerr
Steve the Bartender
Gene Krupa
Musician - Drum Solo
Ethelreda Leopold
Nightclub Patron
Alyn Lockwood
Counter Girl
Wilbur Mack
Man at Airport
Susan Mann
Announcer
Thomas Martin
Waiter
Michael Mauree
Glamour Girl
Doreen McCann
A Girl
Peggy McIntyre
Girl at Soda Fountain - Mollett Scene
Russell Meeker
Wedding Guest
Chef Milani
Giuseppe - Lucia's Restaurant Proprietor
Harold Miller
Wealthy Man at Nightclub
Ernesto Molinari
Card Player
William Newell
Waiter at Bank Dinner
Georgie Nokes
One of Homer's 'Kids'
William H. O'Brien
Nightclub Waiter
Joe Palma
Card Player
Leo Penn
ATC Corporal
Caleb Peterson
Black Soldier at Airfield
Norman Phillips Jr.
Clarence 'Sticky' Merkle
Jack Rice
Apartment Desk Clerk
Suzanne Ridgway
Girl at Table with Cliff
Mickey Roth
Boy at Soda Fountain - Mollett Scene
Loretta Russell
Bank Dinner Guest
Ruth Sanderson
Mrs. Garrett
Ralph Sanford
George H. Gibbons
Noreen Sayles
Girl
Stephen Soldi
Card Player
Bert Stevens
Man at Airport / Dinner Guest
John Tyrrell
Angus - Butch's Waiter
Amelita Ward
Counter Girl
Jan Wiley
Perfume Saleswoman
Produced By
Samuel Goldwyn
producer
Lester Koenig
associate producer
Music
Hugo Friedhofer
Cinematography
Gregg Toland
director of photography
Sound
Richard DeWeese
sound recorder
Larry Gannon
sound
Gordon Sawyer
supervising sound editor
Editing
Daniel Mandell
Art Direction
Perry Ferguson
George Jenkins
Set Design
Julia Heron
Set Decorator
Costumes
Irene Sharaff
Costume Designer
Makeup
Marie Clark
hair stylist
Robert Stephanoff
makeup
Special Effects
John P. Fulton
special effects director
Harry Redmond Sr.
special effects
Assistant Director
Jonathan C. Boyle
assistant director
Art Department
Dorothea Holt
illustrator
Other
Samuel Goldwyn
presenter
Dale Tate
title designer
Music Department
Emil Newman
musical director
Sidney Cutner
orchestrator
Louis Kaufman
musician: violin
Jerome Moross
orchestrator
Edward B. Powell
orchestrator
Leo Shuken
orchestrator
Costume Department
Eugene Joseff
costume jeweller
Camera Department
Eddie Garvin
assistant camera
Ralph Hoge
key grip
E. Truman Joiner
key grip
Vic Jones
gaffer
Paul Mantz
aerial director of photography
Bill McLellan
gaffer
Bert Shipman
camera operator
Charles Straumer
camera operator
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