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An amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-war life.
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  • Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination.
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Charles Rainier
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Paula
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Dr. Jonathan Benet
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Kitty
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Dr. Sims
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'Biffer'
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Harrison
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Sam
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Tobacconist
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Sheldon
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Mrs. Deventer
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Chetwynd
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George
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Julian
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Lydia
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Jill
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Bridget
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Julia
David Cavendish ...
Henry Chilcet
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The Vicar (as Ivan Simpson)
Marie De Becker ...
Vicar's Wife
Charles Waldron ...
Mr. Lloyd
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Mrs. Lloyd
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harry Adams ...
Businessman (uncredited)
Lowden Adams ...
Clerk (uncredited)
Harry Allen ...
Bartender (uncredited)
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Businessman (uncredited)
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Man Outside Asylum (uncredited)
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Porter (uncredited)
Frank Benson ...
Workman (uncredited)
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Miss Barnes (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
John Burton ...
Pearson (uncredited)
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Church Singers (uncredited)
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Jones (uncredited)
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Lodgekeeper at Random Hall (uncredited)
Robert Cory ...
Waiter (uncredited)
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Comedian (uncredited)
Madge Crane ...
Mrs. Sims (uncredited)
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Workman (uncredited)
Henry Daniel ...
Heavy Man (uncredited)
Harold De Becker ...
Milk Deliveryman (uncredited)
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Ella - Charwoman (uncredited)
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Member of House of Commons (uncredited)
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Man who yells 'Look out!' (uncredited)
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Workman (uncredited)
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Prime Minister (uncredited)
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Minor Role (uncredited)
Arthur Gould-Porter ...
Attendant (uncredited)
Bobbie Hale ...
Workman (uncredited)
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Sir John (uncredited)
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Member of House of Commons (uncredited)
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Ballet (uncredited)
Hugh Harrison ...
Workman (uncredited)
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Cabby (uncredited)
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Member of House of Commons (uncredited)
Ernest Hilliard ...
Member of House of Commons (uncredited)
James Hilton ...
Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
Keith Hitchcock ...
Commissionaire (uncredited)
Tommy Hughes ...
Workman (uncredited)
Lilyan Irene ...
Waitress (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin ...
Party Whip (uncredited)
Bill James ...
Workman (uncredited)
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Workman (uncredited)
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Newsboy on Sidewalk (uncredited)
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Workman (uncredited)
George Kirby ...
Conductor (uncredited)
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Soldier (uncredited)
Gwendolyn Logan ...
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Stanley Mann ...
Workman (uncredited)
Dan Maxwell ...
Workman (uncredited)
Clement May ...
Beddoes (uncredited)
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Liverpool Policeman (uncredited)
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Wife (uncredited)
Pat Moriarty ...
Workman (uncredited)
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Old Man Witnessing Accident (uncredited)
Bill Nind ...
Workman (uncredited)
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Nurse (uncredited)
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Hospital Attendant (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright ...
Paula's Nurse (uncredited)
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Workman (uncredited)
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Albert (uncredited)
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Badgeley - Melbridge Works (uncredited)
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Julia's Husband (uncredited)
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Judge (uncredited)
Yorke Sherwood ...
Cockney Workman (uncredited)
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Liverpool Chemist (uncredited)
Leslie Sketchley ...
Workman (uncredited)
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Traumatized Patient #2 (uncredited)
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Attendant (uncredited)
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2nd Liverpool Cabby (uncredited)
Walter Tetley ...
Call Boy (uncredited)
Cyril Thornton ...
Asylum Guard (uncredited)
John Van Eyck ...
Workman (uncredited)
Pax Walker ...
Sheila (uncredited)
Elizabeth Williams ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
Eric Wilton ...
Member of House of Commons (uncredited)
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Registrar of Births (uncredited)
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Margaret's Lawyer (uncredited)

Directed by

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Mervyn LeRoy

Written by

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Claudine West ... (screen play) &
George Froeschel ... (screen play) and
Arthur Wimperis ... (screen play)
 
James Hilton ... (based upon the novel by)

Produced by

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Sidney Franklin ... producer

Music by

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Herbert Stothart

Cinematography by

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Joseph Ruttenberg ... director of photography

Editing by

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Harold F. Kress ... film editor

Art Direction by

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Cedric Gibbons

Set Decoration by

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Edwin B. Willis ... (set decorations)

Costume Design by

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Robert Kalloch ... (gowns) (as Kalloch)

Makeup Department

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Jack Dawn ... makeup creator
Sydney Guilaroff ... hair stylist

Production Management

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William H. Cannon ... production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Hugh Boswell ... assistant director (uncredited)
Al Shenberg ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Randall Duell ... associate art director
Jack D. Moore ... associate set decorator (as Jack Moore)

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer ... recording director

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Samuel Albert ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Alex Alexander ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Daniele Amfitheatrof ... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Manuel Compinsky ... musician: violin (uncredited)
David Crocov ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Murray Cutter ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Otto Landau ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Virginia Majewski ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Arthur Schutt ... musician: piano (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Jonah Ruddy ... technical advisor (uncredited)
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

A veteran of World War I marries and settles happily into a tidy, humble life until an accident brings back memories of a former life of wealth and privilege while blocking all recollection of his existence since the war. Thus one man disappears, and another man long missing turns up and claims his vast inheritance. What does his devoted wife, whom he no longer recognizes, do? Written by Paul Emmons

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Also Known As
  • Prisonniers du passé (France)
  • La moisson du hasard (France)
  • Prisonnier du passé (France)
  • Gefundene Jahre (Germany)
  • Niebla en el pasado (Spain)
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Runtime
  • 126 min
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Box Office

Budget $1,210,000 (estimated)
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $17,760,460

Did You Know?

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Trivia When shooting wrapped, the usually reticent Ronald Colman said, "This is one picture I hate to finish!" See more »
Goofs In the last scene where Smithy goes back to the cottage, the flowering tree on the path has not changed or grown at all in the 15 years since he was last there. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972). See more »
Soundtracks Viva La Company! See more »
Quotes Smithy: Isn't there something morbid in burying one's heart with the dead?
Paula: That's a strange thing for you to say. Your capacity for loving, your joy in living, is buried in a little space of time you've forgotten.
Smithy: In some vague way, I still have...
Paula: ...hope?
Smithy: Yes, I suppose that's it.
Paula: Have you, Charles? Do you feel that there... really is someone? That someday you may find her? You may have... come so near her, may even have brushed her on the street... You might even have met her, Charles. Met her and not known her. It might be someone you know, Charles. It might... it might even be me.
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