Every woman who has loved will understand
A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederic Henry and British nurse Catherine Barkley. Eventually separated by Frederic's transfer, tremendous challenges and difficult decisions face each as the war rages on.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Helen HayesCatherine Barkley
- Gary CooperLt. Frederic Henry
- Adolphe MenjouMajor Rinaldi
- Mary PhilipsHelen Ferguson
- Jack La RuePriest
- Blanche FridericiHead Nurse
- Mary ForbesMiss Van Campen
- Gilbert EmeryBritish Major
- Henry ArmettaBonello the Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
- Herman BingSwiss Postal Clerk (uncredited)
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- Frank BorzageDirector
- Benjamin GlazerScreenplay
- Oliver H.P. GarrettScreenplay
- Ernest HemingwayNovel
- Charles LangDirector of Photography
- Bernhard KaunOriginal Music Composer
- W. Franke HarlingOriginal Music Composer
- John LeipoldOriginal Music Composer
- George Nichols Jr.Editor
- Otho LoveringEditor
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