Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
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| Directed by | Lloyd Bacon |
| Written by | Martha Cheavens (story) Melvin Levy Wanda Tuchock |
| Produced by | Walter Morosco |
| Starring | Anne Baxter John Hodiak |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Edited by | J. Watson Webb Jr. |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2 million[1] |
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier is a 1944 film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Anne Baxter and John Hodiak. It is based on a novelette by Martha Cheavens.
Plot
A poor family in Florida saves all the money they can in order to plan a Sunday dinner for a soldier at a local Army airbase. They don't realize that their request to invite the soldier never got mailed. On the day of the scheduled dinner, another soldier is brought to their home and love soon blossoms between him (Hodiak) and Tessa (Baxter), the young woman who runs the home.
Primary cast
- Anne Baxter - Tessa
- John Hodiak - Eric Moore
- Charles Winninger - Grandfather
- Anne Revere - Agatha
- Chill Wills - Mr. York
- Robert Bailey - Kenneth Normand
- Bobby Driscoll - Jeep
- Jane Darwell - Mrs. Dobson
Radio adaptation
On February 19, 1945, Baxter, Hodiak, and Winninger appeared in a radio adaptation of the film on Lux Radio Theatre.
References
- "The Screen; Crisis and Romance", The New York Times (January 25, 1945)
External links
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Categories:
- 1944 films
- 1940s drama films
- 20th Century Fox films
- American films
- American war drama films
- American black-and-white films
- English-language films
- Films scored by Alfred Newman
- Films based on short fiction
- Films directed by Lloyd Bacon
- Films set in Florida
- Films set on the home front during World War II
- World War II films made in wartime
- Screenplays by Wanda Tuchock
- War drama film stubs