
In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters.

as Mrs. Anne Hilton

as Jane Deborah Hilton

as Lieutenant Tony Willett

as Bridget 'Brig' Hilton

as Colonel William G. Smollett

as Clergyman

as Corporal William G. 'Bill' Smollett II

as Fidelia

as Mrs. Emily Hawkins

as Zofia Koslowska

as Dr. Sigmund Gottlieb Golden

as Marine Officer Seeking Room

as Lieutenant Solomon

as Sailor Harold E. Smith

as Danny Williams

as Mr. Mahoney - Grocer

as Johnny Mahoney

as Nurse (uncredited)

as Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)

as Page Boy (uncredited)

as Black Officer's Wife in Train Station (uncredited)

as Minor Role (uncredited)

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

as Girl at Dance (uncredited)

as Becky Anderson - Class President (uncredited)

as Eager Sailor (uncredited)

as Convalescent Wishing for Tutti Frutti (uncredited)

as Businessman in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)

as Former Plowboy (uncredited)

as Refugee Child on Train (uncredited)

as Woman at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)

as Envious Girl in Train Station (uncredited)

as Soldier Hunting for Susie Fleming (uncredited)

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

as Convalescent Wishing for Watermelon (uncredited)

as WAC Sergeant (uncredited)