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The Best Years of Our Lives   1946             N/R, 172 min. Genre: Drama / Romance Director: William Wyler   Cast: Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Russell, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Donnell, Gladys George, Ray Collins, Roman Bohnen, Minna Gombell   This Best Picture Oscar winner tells the story of three WWII soldiers who come home and find that they can't just pick up where they left off. A classic film in which Harold Russell, an actual veteran, made history by winning two Oscars for one role (Best Supporting Actor Oscar and a Special Award Oscar). William Wyler also took home an Oscar for his directing, as did Fredric March for Best Actor. There were three other Oscars awarded.    1 User Review User Review Worth its Three Oscars 1fatts 04/13/2009    It would be hard to overstate the importance of this film, not simply as a Hollywood triumph: Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor -- but as an intelligent, sensitive portrayal of the America the GIs returned to when WW2 was over. Our protagonists, every one of them, are imperfect, each of them made both better and more fragile by what they had seen and what they had done. The struggle to rebuild lives and to come to grips with had been left behind never to be found again, is moving and. finally, compellng and believable. The complexity of Fredrick March`s character is wonderful: deep nobility and vulnerability co-existing in what is ultimately a real human being. A trreasure. Cast Fredric March Al Stephenson Dana Andrews Fred Derry Myrna Loy Milly Stephenson Hoagy Carmichael Butch Engle Harold Russell Homer Parrish Teresa Wright Peggy Stephenson Virginia Mayo Marie Derry Cathy O'Donnell Wilma Cameron Gladys George Hortense Derry Ray Collins Mr. Milton Roman Bohnen Pat Derry Minna Gombell Mrs. Parrish