Homecoming (1948)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Mervyn LeRoy

Writers:

Sidney Kingsley (story)
Jan Lustig (adaptation)

Release Date:

May 1948 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | War

Plot:

Self-absorbed Dr. Lee Johnson enlists with the Army medical corps during World War II, more out of a...

Plot Keywords:

Army | Male Female Relationship | Doctor | Beautiful Woman | WWII

Cast

Clark Gable	...	Col. Ulysses Delby 'Lee' Johnson (Dr. Johnson)
Lana Turner	...	Lt. Jane 'Snapshot' McCall
Anne Baxter	...	Mrs. Penny Johnson
John Hodiak	...	Dr. Robert Sunday
Ray Collins	...	Lt. Col. Avery Silver
Gladys Cooper	...	Mrs. Kirby
Cameron Mitchell	...	'Monk' Monkevickz
Marshall Thompson	...	Staff Sgt. 'Mac' McKeen
Lurene Tuttle	...	Miss Stoker
Jessica Grayson	...	Sarah, Johnson's Maid (as Jessie Grayson)
J. Louis Johnson	...	Sol, Johnson's Butler
Eloise Hardt	...	Nurse Eloise

Also Known As:

The Homecoming of Ulysses (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:K-12

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): During surgery, only one of the nurses (or doctor) has her mask up over her nose (to minimize the chance of any of the patients catching an airborne infection from the medical personnel).

Movie Connections:

Featured in Lana Turner... a Daughter's Memoir (2001) (TV)

Homecoming Sometimes Tougher Than War

2nd viewing and a lot of time in between.

Enjoyed it first time especially how Lana pulls her role off and how sincere Gable was. Both great actors always worth watching. Anne Baxter was also very,very touching and deep as the wife.

What really got me this time, having spent war time in Nam, was the changes Gable went through and the HOMECOMING. Anyone who has NOT experienced the razor's edge of actual combat, the terror the elation and the horror of seeing others die can feel what Gable projected magnificently in coming home after all that madness and trying to feel like you fit in again anywhere. You don't....for a long time. That why Gable said "...bear with me for a while..." Not only was he talking about losing Lana but returning home from a war, sometimes much more difficult than war itself. This film has so much deep feelings embedded in all three major characters it is amazing to me. The writer nailed it and Mr LeRoy was almost genius in bringing out such performances by all. I'm glad I got to view it on TCM a 2nd time. It really brings out a HOMECOMING!!