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    <namePart type="date">1904-1954</namePart>
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    <namePart type="date">1894-1949</namePart>
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    <dateIssued>2000]</dateIssued>
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  <abstract>Recounts the problems faced by three returning veterans of WWII as they attempt to pick up the threads of their lives. Captain Derry is returning to a loveless marriage, Sergeant Stephenson is a stranger to a family that's grown up without him, and sailor Parrish is tormented by the loss of his hands.</abstract>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">[presented by] Samuel Goldwyn [Pictures Corporation] ; screen play by Robert E. Sherwood ; produced by Samuel Goldwyn ; directed by William Wyler.</note>
  <note>Originally released as motion picture in 1946.</note>
  <note>Based on a novel by MacKinlay Kantor.</note>
  <note>Special feature: Theatrical trailer.</note>
  <note type="performers">Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Donnell, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Russell, Gladys George, Roman Bohnen, Ray Collins, Victor Cutler.</note>
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  <note>In English with optional Spanish soundtrack; optional subtitles in French or Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.</note>
  <note>Director of photography, Gregg Toland; film editor, Daniel Mandell; music, Hugo Friedhofer.</note>
  <note>Academy Awards (1947): Honorary award (Russell), Best actor (March), Best director, Best film editing, Best music, Best picture, Best supporting actor (Russell), Best writing, screenplay.</note>
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    <topic>Veterans</topic>
    <topic>Drama</topic>
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    <topic>Veteranos</topic>
    <topic>Teatro</topic>
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