A soldier suffering from combat fatigue meets a young woman on Christmas furlough from prison and their mutual loneliness blossoms into romance.A soldier suffering from combat fatigue meets a young woman on Christmas furlough from prison and their mutual loneliness blossoms into romance.A soldier suffering from combat fatigue meets a young woman on Christmas furlough from prison and their mutual loneliness blossoms into romance.
- Lt. Bruce
- (as Dare Harris)
- Sidewalk Cowboy
- (uncredited)
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
- Mother of Boys
- (uncredited)
- Counterman at Train Station
- (uncredited)
- New Year's Eve Partygoer
- (uncredited)
- Pine Hills YMCA Hotel Attendant
- (uncredited)
- Franklin - Boy with Toy Machine Gun
- (uncredited)
- Charlie Hartman
- (uncredited)
- Sailor in Coffee Shop
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- William Dieterle
- George Cukor(uncredited)
- Writers
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- TriviaDavid O. Selznick originally wanted to title this movie "I'll See You Again" and use the 1929 Noël Coward song of the same title as its theme music. However, he thought Coward wanted too much money for the use of the song and its title. Instead, Selznick acquired the rights to the 1938 song "I'll Be Seeing You," with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Irving Kahal. The emotionally powerful song was especially beloved during WWII when it became a sentimental anthem for British and American soldiers serving overseas.
- GoofsWhen Mrs Marshall hang's up Zach's overcoat in the closet, the rank on the overcoat is that of a Master Sergeant, but he is a Sgt First Class and not a Master Sergeant.
- Quotes
Mary Marshall: [coming out of a theater showing a war movie] Is the war really like that?
Zachary Morgan: I guess so.
Mary Marshall: That's funny.
Zachary Morgan: Why?
Mary Marshall: I mean that you should only guess so.
Zachary Morgan: Well, they have experts making those pictures. I guess that's the way they see the war. A beach a mile long, and thousands of soldiers, and tanks, and machine guns and everything. I guess that's the way it is.
Mary Marshall: But it wasn't that way for you, huh?
Zachary Morgan: It's just a difference in size. To a guy that's in it, the war's about ten feet wide, and kind of empty. It's you and a couple of fellows in your company, maybe, and maybe a couple of Japs. It's all kind of mixed up. Sometimes it's all full of noise, and sometimes it's quiet. It all depends on what you're thinking about, I guess. It depends on how scared you are, how cold you are, and how wet you are. I guess if you asked a hundred guys what the war's like, they'd all give you a different answer. Mary. You know what?
Mary Marshall: What?
Zachary Morgan: I mean, usually you don't like to talk about it. I never said anything about it before, not to anybody.
Mary Marshall: I'm sorry, I ...
Zachary Morgan: No. No, I feel kind of good.
- ConnectionsFeatured in TCM Guest Programmer: Tony Bennett and Gary Sargent (2015)
In this movie, people say their prayers, sing hymns, are respectful to one another, are considerate, etc. Unfortunately, they exhibit a trait that Hollywood has always loved to portray: they lie or, if you prefer, they cover up the truth. Here, Rogers does it, trying to hide her past while Cotten almost does the same, but comes clean early on.
Other than that, it's a throwback-to-the-more-wholesome-past film that, while it might be a bit slow in parts, features interesting lead characters by famous actors of their day: Joseph Cotten, Ginger Rogers and Shirley Temple. The latter is almost as entertaining as when she was the incredible child star but it was strange to see her in a role where she's trying to show off her chest! Yikes! Well, I guess you can't play a little kid forever.
Even though they were famous, Cotten and Rogers, I believe, were two of the most underrated actors of their day, particularly Rogers who was far more than just a great dancer.
- ccthemovieman-1
- Oct 14, 2005
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- Double Furlough
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- $3,250,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1