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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is streaming on Amazon Prime. Also available on Hoopla with a participating library card.
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You can watch The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) on Hoopla with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
A trembling, unscripted vulnerability radiates from the man playing a veteran with lost hands. This quiet study of domestic readjustment captures the jagged edges of healing better than any typical war epic.
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William Wyler
Cast
Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Harold Russell, Teresa Wright, Myrna Loy, Cathy O'Donnell, Virginia Mayo, Hoagy Carmichael, Gladys George, Roman Bohnen
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The Best Years of Our Lives
You can watch The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) on Hoopla with a participating library card, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
IMDb
7.7/10
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98%
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Director
William Wyler
Cast
Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Harold Russell, Teresa Wright, Myrna Loy, Cathy O'Donnell, Virginia Mayo, Hoagy Carmichael, Gladys George, Roman Bohnen
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