Question: The actor that playsed Fred Derry in "The Best Years of Our Lives" stars with Richard Conte in a 1944 war film directed by who?

Context articles: Guadalcanal Diary (film)
Ladies Courageous
Wing and a Prayer
Target Zero
Full of Life
Dana Andrews
Highway Dragnet
Till the End of Time (film)
The Purple Heart
The Blue Gardenia

Guadalcanal Diary is a 1943 World War II war film directed by Lewis Seiler, featuring Preston Foster, Lloyd Nolan, William Bendix, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn and the film debut of Richard Jaeckel.
 It was based on the book of the same name by Richard Tregaskis.
Ladies Courageous (also called Fury in the Sky in a 1950 Realart re-release) is a 1944 war film based on the novel "Looking For Trouble" (1941) by Virginia Spencer Cowles.
 Directed by John Rawlins, the film stars Loretta Young and Geraldine Fitzgerald.
 It tells the story of the paramilitary Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron formed in the United States during World War II.
 Film historians and scholars consider "Ladies Courageous" an "à-clef" story of famed aviator Jacqueline Cochran and test pilot Nancy Harkness Love's work to mobilize women pilots to contribute to the war effort.
Wing and a Prayer (also known as Queen of the Flat Tops and Torpedo Squadron Eight) is a black-and-white 1944 war film about the heroic crew of an American carrier in the desperate early days of World War II in the Pacific theater, directed by Henry Hathaway and stars Don Ameche, Dana Andrews and William Eythe.
 Although arguably a classic propaganda movie, it was appreciated for its very realistic portrayal and was nominated for the 1944 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Target Zero is a 1955 American drama film directed by Harmon Jones and written by James Warner Bellah and Sam Rolfe.
 The film stars Richard Conte, Peggie Castle, Charles Bronson, Richard Wyler, L. Q. Jones and Chuck Connors.
 The film was released by Warner Bros. on November 15, 1955.
Full of Life is a 1956 film directed by Richard Quine.
 It stars Judy Holliday and Richard Conte.
 It was nominated for an award by the Writers Guild of America in 1957.
Carver Dana Andrews (January 1, 1909 – December 17, 1992) was an American film actor and a major Hollywood star during the 1940s.
 He continued acting in less prestigious roles into the 1980s.
 The role for which he received the most praise, was as war veteran Fred Derry in "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946).
Highway Dragnet is a 1954 film noir B film crime film directed by Nathan Juran from a story by U.S. Anderson and Roger Corman.
 The film stars Richard Conte, Joan Bennett and Wanda Hendrix.
Till the End of Time is a 1946 drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Dorothy McGuire, Guy Madison, Robert Mitchum, and Bill Williams.
 Released the same year as but preceding the better known "The Best Years of Our Lives", it covers much the same topic: the adjustment of World War II veterans to civilian life.
 It was based on the novel "They Dream of Home" by Niven Busch.
 Unlike the soldier, sailor and airman of "The Best Years of Our Lives", the male leads in this film are all U.S. Marines.
The Purple Heart is a 1944 American war film directed by Lewis Milestone.
 The film stars Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger, Don "Red" Barry and Trudy Marshall.
 Eighteen-year-old Farley Granger had a supporting role.
The Blue Gardenia is a 1953 film noir crime film directed by Fritz Lang and based on a story by Vera Caspary.
 It stars Anne Baxter, Richard Conte and Ann Sothern.
 The first installment of Lang's "newspaper noir" movie trio — with "While the City Sleeps" and "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt" (both 1956) — "The Blue Gardenia" offers a somewhat negative look at newspaper coverage of a sensational murder case.
 The theme song was written by Bob Russell and Lester Lee and arranged by Nelson Riddle.
 The director of cinematography was one of RKO Radio Pictures' regulars Nicholas Musuraca, then working at Warner Brothers.