The Human Comedy

The Human Comedy (1943)

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Great Production

  • Genre: Drama, Family
  • Release Date: 1943-03-02
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 26 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 58min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Clarence Brown
star 6.2/10
From 26 Ratings

Summary

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.

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  • Mickey Rooney

    as Homer Macauley
  • Frank Morgan

    as Willie Grogan
  • James Craig

    as Tom Spangler
  • Marsha Hunt

    as Diana Steed
  • Fay Bainter

    as Mrs. Macauley
  • Ray Collins

    as Mr. Macauley
  • Van Johnson

    as Marcus Macauley
  • Donna Reed

    as Bess Macauley
  • Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins

    as Ulysses Macauley
  • Dorothy Morris

    as Mary Arena
  • John Craven

    as Tobey George
  • Ann Ayars

    as Mrs. Sandoval
  • Mary Nash

    as Miss Hicks
  • Henry O'Neill

    as Charles Steed
  • Katharine Alexander

    as Mrs. Steed
  • Alan Baxter

    as Brad Stickman
  • Darryl Hickman

    as Lionel
  • Barry Nelson

    as Fat
  • Rita Quigley

    as Helen Elliot
  • Clem Bevans

    as Henderson
  • Adeline De Walt Reynolds

    as Librarian (as Adeline DeWalt Reynolds)
  • Hobart Cavanaugh

    as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)
  • Wallis Clark

    as School Principal (uncredited)
  • Don DeFore

    as Bernard 'Texas' Anthony (uncredited)
  • David Holt

    as Hubert Ackley III (uncredited)
  • Frank Jenks

    as Larry - Song Leader on Train (uncredited)
  • Robert Emmett O'Connor

    as Bartender (uncredited)
  • Carl Switzer

    as Auggie (uncredited)
  • Byron Foulger

    as Mr. Blenton (uncredited)
  • Robert Mitchum

    as
Directing Clarence Brown Director
Writing William Saroyan Theatre Play
Writing William Saroyan Story
Writing Howard Estabrook Screenplay
Camera Harry Stradling Sr. Director of Photography
Sound Herbert Stothart Music
Crew Ernst Matray Other
Sound Douglas Shearer Recording Supervision
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Art Paul Groesse Art Direction
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Art Hugh Hunt Other
Costume & Make-Up Irene Costume Supervisor
Costume & Make-Up Jack Dawn Makeup Artist
Editing Conrad A. Nervig Editor
Production Clarence Brown Producer
Writing Herman J. Mankiewicz Writer

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