Cast & Crew

Directed by

Edward Dmytryk

Writing Credits

Allen Rivkin
(screen play by)
Niven Busch
(based on the novel "They Dream of Home" by)

Cast

Dorothy McGuire
Pat Ruscomb
Guy Madison
Cliff Harper
Robert Mitchum
William Tabeshaw
Bill Williams
Perry Kincheloe
Tom Tully
C.W. Harper
William Gargan
Sgt. Gunny Watrous
Jean Porter
Helen Ingersoll
Johnny Sands
Tommy
Loren Tindall
Pinky
Ruth Nelson
Amy Harper
Selena Royle
Mrs. Kincheloe
Harry von Zell
Scuffy
Richard Benedict
The Boy from Idaho
John Bailey
Interviewer
Bobby Barber
Arcade Game Player in Saloon
Bill Barnum
Jackson
Dick Benjamin
Sergeant
Paul Birch
Marine Wanting Farm
George Burnett
Gilman
Jack Chapman
Russell
Ellen Corby
Mrs. Sumpter
Eddie Craven
Swan Club Waiter
Blake Edwards
Hal
Dick Elliott
Bartender
William Forrest
Detective Lieutenant
Gil Frye
Marine
Cindy Garner
Nurse
Harry Hayden
Ed Tompkins
Oliver Hinsdell
Interviewer
Fred Howard
Zeke Ingersoll
Teddy Infuhr
Freddy Stewart
Warren Jackson
Cabbie
Stan Johnson
Capt. Jack Winthrop
Michael Kostrick
Interviewer
Stubby Kruger
Lifeguard
Jack Lee
Lawson
Richard Lightner
Marine
Arthur Loft
Surgeon
James Logan
Norman
Robert Lowell
Epstein
Bob Manning
Ex-Seaman
Anthony Marsh
Interviewer
Ernie Mishens
Paymaster
Al Murphy
Counterman
William Murphy
Marine
Howard Negley
Prager
William Newell
Warrant Officer
Jack Parker
Collector
Caleb Peterson
Black G.I. in Saloon Arcade
Joe Ploski
Bar Fight Spectator
Alexander Pope
Mitchell
Tito Renaldo
Mexican
John S. Roberts
Interviewer
Tim Ryan
Steve Sumpter
Lee Slater
Burton
Richard X. Slattery
Captain
Warren Smith
Citizen
Paul Stader
Lifeguard
Tom Sutherland
Paymaster
Steve Taylor
Bartender
Paul Theodore
Interviewer
Richard Tyler
Jimmy Kincheloe
Peter Varney
Franks
Alan Ward
Marine
Margaret Wells
Mrs. Ingersoll
Fleet White
Paymaster
Mary Worth
Mrs. Tompkins

Produced by

Dore Schary
producer

Music by

Leigh Harline
(musical score)

Cinematography by

Harry J. Wild
director of photography (as Harry Wild)

Editing by

Harry Gerstad

Art Direction by

Albert S. D'Agostino
Jack Okey

Set Decoration by

Darrell Silvera
(set decorations)
William Stevens
(set decorations)

Makeup Department

Mel Berns
makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Ruby Rosenberg
assistant director

Sound Department

Clem Portman
sound
Richard Van Hessen
sound

Special Effects by

Vernon L. Walker
special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

Linwood G. Dunn
optical effects (uncredited)
Clifford Stine
transparency projection shots (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Charles Straumer
second camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Fred Guinn
clothes designer: Miss McGuire

Music Department

C. Bakaleinikoff
musical director
Gil Grau
orchestrator (uncredited)
Earl B. Mounce
music mixer (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Edgar Peterson
production assistant
David O. Selznick
Dorothy McGuire by arrangement with / Guy Madison by arrangement with
William E. Watts
dialogue director
Charles O'Curran
dance director (uncredited)
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