Till the End of Time (1946)
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10% want to see it
(27 ratings)
Soldiers readjust to American life after World War II in this intimate drama. Ex-marine Cliff Harper (Guy Madison) goes back to his small New Mexico hometown where he's slow to get a job or enroll at college, preferring to hang out with old buddies as they come drifting back in from various… More Soldiers readjust to American life after World War II in this intimate drama. Ex-marine Cliff Harper (Guy Madison) goes back to his small New Mexico hometown where he's slow to get a job or enroll at college, preferring to hang out with old buddies as they come drifting back in from various places overseas. One buddy, Tabeshaw (Robert Mitchum), has a steel plate in his head, while another, Perry (Bill Williams), lost his legs. Cliff also gets his first glimpse of the modern American woman when he falls in love with Pat (Dorothy MacGuire), a war widow suffering traumas of her own.Sincerity and intelligence rarely seem to go together in American film, but this portrait of small town life gets the combination right; it's full of nice moments, intelligent dialogue, and powerful performances. MacGuire is perfect as the vulnerable, sexually mature widow, and Madison is handsome and believable. Director Edward Dmytryk juxtaposes the inviting rural milieu with his characters' emerging modern sensibility and captures a nicely healing tone.
- Directed By
- Edward Dmytryk
- Written By
- Allen Rivkin
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A tepid post-war romantic drama.
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Cast
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Dorothy McGuire
as Pat Ruscomb
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Guy Madison
as Cliff Harper
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Robert Mitchum
as William Tabeshaw
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Bill Williams
as Perry Kincheloe
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Tom Tully
as C.W. Harper
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William Gargan
as Sgt. Gunny Watrous
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Jean Porter
as Helen Ingersoll
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Johnny Sands
as Tommy Hendricks
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Loren Tindall
as Pinky
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Ruth Nelson
as Amy Harper
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Selena Royle
as Mrs. Kincheloe
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Harry von Zell
as Scuffy
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Richard Benedict
as Boy from Idaho
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Paul Birch
as Serviceman
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Ellen Corby
as Mrs. Sumpter
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William Forrest
as Detective Lieutenant
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Harry Hayden
as Ed Tompkins
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Frederic Howard
as Zeke Ingersoll
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Teddy Infur
as Freddie Stewart
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Stan Johnson
as Capt. Jack Winthrop
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Robert Lowell
as Epstein
- Anthony Marsh
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William Newell
as Warrant Officer
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Dick Tyler
as Jimmy Kincheloe
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Margaret Wells
as Mrs. Ingersoll
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Mary Worth
as Mrs. Tompkins
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Blake Edwards
as Foreman
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Jack Parker
as Collector
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Harold Kruger
as Practical Life Guard
- John Bailey
- John S. Roberts
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Eddie Craven
as Waiter
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Michael Kostrick
as Interviewer
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Peter Varney
as Franks
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Tim Ryan
as Steve Sumpter
