The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Cast & Crew

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Directed by William Wyler.

Cast

• Dana Andrews as Fred Derry
• Fredric March as Al Stephenson
• Harold Russell as Homer Parrish
• Teresa Wright as Peggy Stephenson
• Myrna Loy as Milly Stephenson
• Cathy O'Donnell as Wilma Cameron
• Virginia Mayo as Marie Derry
• Hoagy Carmichael as Butch Engle
• Gladys George as Hortense Derry
• Roman Bohnen as Pat Derry
• Ray Collins as Mr. Milton
• Minna Gombell as Mrs. Parrish
• Walter Baldwin as Mr. Parrish
• Steve Cochran as Cliff Scully
• Dorothy Adams as Mrs. Cameron
• Don Beddoe as Mr. Cameron
• Marlene Aames as Luella Parrish
• Charles Halton as Prew
• Ray Teal as Mr. Mollett
• Howland Chamberlain as Thorpe
• Dean White as Novak
• Erskine Sanford as Bullard
• Michael Hall as Rob Stephenson
• Victor Cutler as Woody Merrill
• Claire Du Brey as Mrs. Talburt - Perfume Customer (uncredited)
• Pat Flaherty as Salvage Foreman (uncredited)
• Jackie Jackson as A Boy (uncredited)
• William H. O'Brien as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
• Bert Stevens as Man at Airport / Dinner Guest (uncredited)
• Marion Gray as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
• Jimmy Ames as Jackie (uncredited)
• Carol Andrews as Saleswoman (uncredited)
• Mary Arden as Miss Barbour (uncredited)
• Gertrude Astor as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
• Edward Biby as Bank Dinner Guest (uncredited)
• Harry Cheshire as Minister at Wedding (uncredited)
• Sidney Clute as Drugstore Clerk (uncredited)
• Tom Coleman as Waiter (uncredited)
• Joyce Compton as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
• James Conaty as Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Crew

• Gregg Toland — Director of Photography
• Hugo Friedhofer — Original Music Composer
• Samuel Goldwyn — Producer
• Robert E. Sherwood — Screenplay
• William Wyler — Director
• MacKinlay Kantor — Novel

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