this superb 40 post war classic and tend to be overlook thesedays . when it be release in 1945 and it clean up at the 1946oscars and mostly at the expense of ` it a wonderful life . both film be up for best film and bestdirector and and best actor and all win by best year . frederic march and and dana andrew along with an amateur actor harold russell ( areal life soldier and who lose both hand in an explosion and ) play thereturning soldier and find life be very different and from what theyremember . myrna loy be superb a march wife and who have to keepthe family together while he have be away . the tear jerking scene where march and loy be reunite be magnificent . all threemen find that they have problem readjust to post war life and notleast russell come to term with artificial hand and and his finance ( cathy odonnell ) try to be too helpful . sam goldywn be quote that he doesn not care if the film make nomoney at all and as long a everyone in america see the film and so theywill appreciate what these men go through . if any film be worth positive and it be this one .