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An excellent classic Somerset Maugham tale which was nominated for Best Picture in 1946 tells the story of a man who leaves his family and fiancée to 'find himself', returning to a very different world shattered by the Wall Street Crash.

Keywords:

Drama, War, Historical, History, Based-on-Novel, World War, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, WWI, Oscar Best Picture Nominated, World War 1, WW1

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1946) (4 Star)

Cast:

Tyrone Power	.... Larry Darrell
Gene Tierney	.... Isabel Bradley
John Payne	.... Gray Maturin
Anne Baxter	.... Sophie Nelson MacDonald
Clifton Webb	.... Elliott Templeton
Herbert Marshall	.... W. Somerset Maugham

Supporting Cast:

Lucile Watson	.... Louisa Bradley
Frank Latimore	.... Bob MacDonald
Elsa Lanchester	.... Miss Keith
Cecil Humphreys	.... Holy Man
Harry Pilcer	.... Specialty Dancer
Cobina Wright	.... Princess Novemali

Directors:

Edmund Goulding

Writers:

W. Somerset Maugham
Lamar Trotti