The Best Years of Our Lives
Three wonderful loves in the best picture of the year!
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.
- Director
- William Wyler
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Action
- Worldwide
- $24M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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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.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Best Years of Our Lives returned 11.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $24M
- Release date
- Dec 25, 1946
- Runtime
- 2h 51m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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