| Release Date: | Jan 1946 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Film-Noir |
| Cast: | Claudette Colbert (Elizabeth Hamilton), Orson Welles (John Andrew MacDonald / Erik Kessler), George Brent (Lawrence Hamilton), Lucile Watson (Aunt Jessica Hamilton), Richard Long (Drew Hamilton), Natalie Wood (Margaret Ludwig), John Wengraf (Dr. Ludwig), Sonny Howe (Brian Hamilton), Michael Ward (The Drew infant), Ian Wolfe (Norton), Joyce Mackenzie (Cherry Davis), Tom Wirick (Pudge Davis), Lane Watson (Hamilton's secretary), Henry Hastings (Daniel), Lois Austin (Woman (uncredited)), Barbara Bletcher (Girlfriend (uncredited)), Charles D. Brown (Immigration officer (uncredited)), Marguerite Campbell (Girlfriend (uncredited)), Leonard Carey (Hamilton employee (uncredited)), Lane Chandler (Hamilton lab technician (uncredited)), William Dyer Jr. (Fraternity boy (uncredited)), Helen Gerald (Girlfriend (uncredited)), Jesse Graves (Ambrose, Servant (uncredited)), Betty Greco (Girlfriend (uncredited)), Boyd Irwin (Dr. Callan (uncredited)), Milton Kibbee (Baltimore postman (uncredited)), Thomas Louden (Englishman on ship (uncredited)), Buster Phelps (Fraternity boy (uncredited)), Irving Pichel (Commentator's voice on radio), Gary Pietila (Baby Drew on Elizabeth's lap...), Nena Ruth (Girlfriend (uncredited)), Jeffrey Sayre (Hamilton employee (uncredited)), Libby Taylor (Hamilton's maid (uncredited)), Evan Thomas (Ship's doctor (uncredited)), Douglas Wood (Charles Hamilton (uncredited)), Frank Wyrick (Fraternity boy (uncredited)) |
Elizabeth and John say good-bye as John leaves to go to war. When the war ends, Elizabeth receives a telegram that John has been killed in action. She finds comfort in Larry and they marry. John returns 20 years later, disfigured, with a new identity, Erik, and an adopted daughter, Margaret. John/Erik and Elizabeth accidentally meet and he learns that he has a son, Drew. John must then decide whether or not to reveal his true identity.
