Till the End of Time (film)
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| Directed by | Edward Dmytryk |
| Produced by | Dore Schary |
| Screenplay by | Allen Rivken |
| Based on |
They Dream of Home by Niven Busch |
| Starring |
Dorothy McGuire Guy Madison Robert Mitchum Bill Williams |
| Music by | Leigh Harline |
| Cinematography | Harry J. Wild |
| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
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105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.
Frédéric Chopin's Polonaise Op. 53 is played throughout the film; it was given lyrics and became a major hit at the time.
Right after VJ Day, two Marine Corps buddies, Cpl. Bill Tabeshaw (Mitchum) and Pfc. Cliff Harper (Madison), are among a group selected to return immediately to civilian life. Bill, a former cowboy, has a silver plate implanted in his head, a "souvenir" of Iwo Jima, but has won $2,100 gambling and plans to buy a small cattle ranch in New Mexico. Former college student Cliff is physically uninjured but harbors deep resentments about losing nearly four years of his life because he enlisted right after Pearl Harbor.
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