A strange disappointment considering the talent involved

Rating: Null/10 (28 October 2002)

How could a cast including Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Virginia Mayo and Gladys George under William Wyler's direction and Samuel Goldwyn's producing (through RKO) result in a film like this? It was its year's Academy Award winner for Best Picture but my film tastes generally prefer the delightful and far better holiday fantasy "It's A Wonderful Life" which was also nominated for Best Picture that same year (1946).