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An American woman with a British husband fights to keep her family together through two world wars.

The greatest love story of our time! It will live forever in your heart! MGM's greatest triumph!

Genres: Drama, Romance, War

Starring: Irene Dunne, Alan Marshal, Roddy McDowall

Released: May 11, 1944

Runtime: 126.0

Popularity Rating: 0.485

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

United States of America

Susan Dunn Irene Dunne
Sir John Ashwood Alan Marshal
John Ashwood II as a Boy Roddy McDowall
Hiram Porter Dunn Frank Morgan
Sam Bennett Van Johnson
Colonel Walter Forsythe C. Aubrey Smith
Nanny Dame May Whitty
Lady Jean Ashwood Gladys Cooper
John Ashwood II as a Young Man Peter Lawford
Spinster In Boardinghouse (uncredited) Emily Fitzroy
Betsy Kenney at Age 10 (uncredited) Elizabeth Taylor
Skipper of Honeymoon Boat (uncredited) Ian Wolfe
Guest in Boardinghouse (uncredited) Larry Wheat
Benson (uncredited) Arthur Shields
Miller (uncredited) Anita Sharp-Bolster
French Maid in Dieppe (uncredited) Mabel Row
Martin (uncredited) J. Pat O'Malley
Orderly in Hospital (uncredited) Ottola Nesmith
Captain Griffiths (uncredited) Gavin Muir
Major Loring at Hospital (uncredited) Miles Mander
Betsy Kenney at Age 18 (uncredited) June Lockhart
Plump Lady at Boardinghouse (uncredited) Doris Lloyd
British Naval Officer (uncredited) Nelson Leigh
Helen Hampton (uncredited) Molly Lamont
Ball Guest (uncredited) Stuart Holmes
The Vicar (uncredited) Lumsden Hare
Woman on Train Opening Window (uncredited) Ethel Griffies
Boy at Dinner Table (uncredited) Gary Gray
Ball Guest (uncredited) Franklyn Farnum
Footman (uncredited) Herbert Evans
Mrs. Bancroft (uncredited) Isobel Elsom
John Ashford II at 6 Months Old (uncredited) Bunny Gordon
Captain Portage (uncredited) Arthur Gould-Porter
Duchess of Waverly (uncredited) Vera Graaff
Corporal (uncredited) Douglas Grant
Private (uncredited) Gerald Hamer
Nurse Margaret (uncredited) Joy Harington
Duke of Waverly (uncredited) Keith Hitchcock
Farmer Ben Kenney (uncredited) Charles Irwin
Old Man (uncredited) George Kirby
Frenchman at Dieppe Train Station (uncredited) Adolf E. Licho
Elegant Lady in Boardinghouse (uncredited) Emily Massey
Indian Student in Boardinghouse (uncredited) Lal Chand Mehra
Dying American Soldier (uncredited) Tom Drake
Lieutenant Davis Herrick (uncredited) Vernon Downing
Blonde Woman (uncredited) Kay Deslys
Boots (uncredited) George Davis
Curate in Boardinghouse (uncredited) Guy D'Ennery
Madam at Dieppe Hotel (uncredited) Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Jennings (uncredited) Clyde Cook
Billings (uncredited) Alec Craig
Miss Lambert (uncredited) Ann Curzon
Captain Davis (uncredited) Charles Coleman
Messenger Boy (uncredited) Bobby Callahan
Twin in Boardinghouse (uncredited) Elton Burkett
Twin in Boardinghouse (uncredited) Eldon Burkett
Indian Major in Boardinghouse (uncredited) Clifford Brooke
Major Rupert Bancroft (uncredited) Edmund Breon
Immigration Officer (uncredited) Matthew Boulton
Chauffeur (uncredited) Wilson Benge
English Cabbie (uncredited) Harry Allen

Art — Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons
Art — Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis
Camera — Director of Photography: George J. Folsey
Camera — Director of Photography: Robert H. Planck
Costume & Make-Up — Costume Design: Gile Steele
Crew — Poem: Alice Duer Miller
Directing — Director: Clarence Brown
Editing — Editor: Robert Kern
Production — Producer: Clarence Brown
Production — Producer: Sidney Franklin
Sound — Original Music Composer: Herbert Stothart
Writing — Screenplay: Claudine West
Writing — Screenplay: George Froeschel
Writing — Screenplay: Jan Lustig