My Own True Love

Following World War II, a woman tries to help her fiance understand his son's traumatic experience as a G.I., during which he lost a leg and was imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp.

Cast

Phyllis Calvert

as Joan Clews

Melvyn Douglas

as Clive Heath

Wanda Hendrix

as Sheila Heath

Robert Walker

as Charles Stone

Philip Friend

as Michael Heath

Binnie Barnes

as Geraldine

Alan Napier

as Kittredge

Arthur Shields

as Iverson

Phyllis Morris

as Mrs. Peach

Richard Webb

as Corporal

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