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Certificate U

Cast Myrna Loy Fredric March Dana Andrews Robert E Sherwood

Directors William Wyler

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Running Time 172 minutes

The Best Years Of Our Lives
William Wyler's masterful account of America's post-World War II homecoming.

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It relates the intertwined stories of three veterans (sailor, soldier and airman) trying to readjust to civilian life in a mid-West city.

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