In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years later, on the eve of World War II, Elizabeth refuses to agree to her son's request to enlist and is stunned when an eerily familiar stranger named Kessler arrives from abroad and becomes involved.

Claudette Colbert
as Elizabeth Hamilton

Orson Welles
as John Andrew MacDonald

George Brent
as Lawrence Hamilton

Lucile Watson
as Aunt Jessica Hamilton

Richard Long
as Drew Hamilton

Natalie Wood
as Margaret Ludwig

John Wengraf
as Dr. Ludwig

Sonny Howe
as Brian Hamilton

Ian Wolfe
as Norton

Joyce Mackenzie
as Cherry Davis
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Like in so many families at the start of the Great War, husband "John" kisses his wife "Elizabeth" (Claudette Colbert) and sets off for the conflict never to return. After twenty years, she has moved on with her life. She has their son "Drew" (Richard Long) and a new husband "Lawrence" (George Brent...