The Best Years of Our Lives is a movie directed by William Wyler in 1946 and based on the book Glory for Me by MacKinlay Kantor, first published in 1945. The movie features Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Harold Russell, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, and others.
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Storyline
The plot follows the lives of three veterans returning from service at the end of World War II to the fictional mid-western town of Boone City: Homer was a star high school athlete living with his parents and sister, next door to his girlfriend, Wilma. Homer lost both arms during the war and returns with mechanical hook prostheses.
Movie vs Book
Year
1946
Minutes
170
Movie Rate
8.00
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Best Years of Our Lives
Director: William Wyler
Country: USA
Year: 1946
Length: 2h50m
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Year
1945
Pages
278
Book Rate
8.34
S: Goodreads
Book
Glory for Me
Subtitle: A novel in verse
Author: MacKinlay Kantor
Country: USA
First published in: 1945
Length: 278 pages
Genre: Poem
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“I don't do a comic book thinking there is a movie. I just want it to be as good a comic book as it can be.”
FRANK MILLER (Author)
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