film gone fashion often miniskirt triumph postwar period virtually forgotten s except students cinema recently begun get recognition perhaps evenhanded representation soldiers integration postwar life ever made and definitely includes films the deer hunter like it overall evaluation somewhere extremesbr br the tale simple one three different servicemen mustered world war ii the big one fly home midwest town try resume create civilian lives one disability one cushy job waiting him nothing go determinationbr br there good unfortunately uneven performances fredric march best actor oscar playing old sergeant returns job local bank personally think jimmy stewart deserved its wonderful life also deserved best picture award clearly film touched nerve postwar audience said fashionable march one fantastic scene humorous speech brought mind somewhat similar incident involving real wwii hero pappy boyington otherwise solid unspectacularbr br i going grain here thought myrna loy played marchs wife justly ignored academy detected barely hint warmth her fact kept thinking going slap frederic march annoying her practically grimaced every time together something definitely missing there forced smiles air tolerance rather joyfulness think nonsense the perfect wife correct think passionless s homemaker ideal may disagree that academy voters apparently not major problem film terribly miscastbr br dana andrews former soda jerk became war hero winds behind counter again amazing saddled wife evidently married right left war wrong reasons future looks bleak chances upon marchs daughter peggy teresa wright fantastic turn fireworks explode great comes unevenness pervades film moments pure soap opera intrude punctuated alltime classic line im going bust marriage up romance uplifting mirror common condition war returning servicemen finding love upon returnbr br speaking uplifting come harold russell naturalistic quality acting nonacting rings true today doubt then taking nononsense approach situation inspiration best scene one best cinema brings girl likes bedroom show truth condition im lucky still elbows unlike boys truly great stuffbr br the film moments soar also moments belong afternoon soaps take good bad see one high points