Classic Academy-Award Winner.

Rating: 9/10 (29 October 2013)

William Wyler won a best directing Academy Award(as did the film itself) for this powerfully told film about three returning veterans from WWII: Al Stephenson(played by Frederic March) who is a banker with a wife(played by Myrna Loy) and daughter(played by Teresa Wright). Fred Derry(played by Dana Andrews)with a wife(played by Virginia Mayo), and Homer Parrish(played by Harold Russell(Academy Award winner) who lost his hands, though still has a loving family and girlfriend(played by Cathy O'Donnell). All three men have various troubles adjusting to civilian life after their war experiences, equal parts emotional, financial, and physical. Their families also struggle reconnecting, since they have changed as well, and not all will stay together... Heartfelt and compelling film was the perfect tonic for post-war audiences at the time, and remains an excellent motion picture today, having lost none of its power to move the viewer. A classic.