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The Impatient Years(1944)
Status: Released
Date: 1944-09-10
67%
8 Votes
Time: 1h 31m
They found the answer to WAR-TIME MARRIAGES in the middle of a KISS!
Overview:
Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to dissolve their marriage. Janie's father, William Smith, objects and the judge allows him to give his version of their story. They had met in San Francisco fifteen months earlier and, after knowing each other only three days, had gotten married. Andy was sent overseas the day after the wedding and when he returns and despite the fact that Janie had borne him a son, they find they are almost strangers. Mr. Smith suggests, and the judge orders, that if they retrace their actions over the four days they knew each other they would regain their love.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $600,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Impatient Years
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jean Arthur
Janie Anderson
Lee Bowman
Andy Anderson
Charles Coburn
William Smith
Edgar Buchanan
Judge
Charley Grapewin
Benjamin L. Pidgeon, Bellboy
Phil Brown
Henry Fairchild
Harry Davenport
Minister
Jane Darwell
Minister's wife
Grant Mitchell
Hotel Clerk
Bob Haymes
Singer
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Overview
Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to dissolve their marriage. Janie's father, William Smith, objects and the judge allows him to give his version of their story. They had met in San Francisco fifteen months earlier and, after knowing each other only three days, had gotten married. Andy was sent overseas the day after the wedding and when he returns and despite the fact that Janie had borne him a son, they find they are almost strangers. Mr. Smith suggests, and the judge orders, that if they retrace their actions over the four days they knew each other they would regain their love.
Release Date
1944-09-10
Average
6.688
Rating:
3.3 startsTagline
They found the answer to WAR-TIME MARRIAGES in the middle of a KISS!
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