Homecoming

1948
A
1h 53m

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6.8/10

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Clark Gable, Anne Baxter, Lana Turner, and John Hodiak in Homecoming (1948)

At the end of WW2, aboard a repatriation ship, an Army doctor reminisces about his war years while being interviewed by a reporter.

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At the end of WW2, aboard a repatriation ship, an Army doctor reminisces about his war years while being interviewed by a reporter.At the end of WW2, aboard a repatriation ship, an Army doctor reminisces about his war years while being interviewed by a reporter.At the end of WW2, aboard a repatriation ship, an Army doctor reminisces about his war years while being interviewed by a reporter.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

1.1K

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Trivia
According to the AFI catalog entry for this film, for the battle scenes in Italy MGM constructed five 35-foot towers, a full-sized evacuation hospital, and more than 100 Army tents at the Lasky-Mesa movie ranch 35 miles outside of Hollywood. The set took three weeks to build and the scenes used hundreds of extras, five cameras and six assistant directors. This was all for a re-creation of the historic capture of the Anzio beachhead in Italy by U.S. and British forces on January 22, 1944.

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At the end, Penny Johnson says she followed her husband's movements on a map. During World War II, people in the military had it drilled into them that they could not say anything about where they were in letters sent back home, and to make sure they kept that rule, the mail from soldiers was heavily censored. This has been mentioned in numerous histories of World War II. Personal experience backs this up. A relative sailed all over the world during the War and the censors made no attempt to mask the fact that they had opened and read his mail. So, the relative's spouse started sending a stick of gum in letters but always included two sticks --- an extra one for the censor. Most times, that second stick was gone. With Clark Gable being an officer, it's even less likely any information about his movements around Europe would have been available to his wife.

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Edited from Waterloo Bridge (1940)

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9/10

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!!