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Sunday Dinner for a Soldier

Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944)★ 6.9/10

Approved · US · 85 min · December 8, 1944

  • Drama
  • Romance
  • War

Directed by: Lloyd Bacon

Written by: Martha Cheavens, Wanda Tuchock, Melvin Levy

A poor family in Florida saves all the money they can in order to plan something special for the soldier they've invited to Sunday dinner. 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 and Tessa, the young woman who runs the home.

Directed by

Lloyd Bacon

Written by

Martha CheavensWanda TuchockMelvin Levy

Cast & crew

Anne BaxterTessa OsborneCharles WinningerDudley 'Granfeathers' OsborneJohn HodiakSgt. Eric MooreAnne RevereAgatha ButterfieldConnie MarshallMary OsborneChill WillsMr. YorkRobert BaileyKenneth NormandBobby DriscollJeep OsborneJane DarwellMrs. Helen DobsonRory CalhounSoldier in Truck (uncredited)Marietta CantySamanthy (uncredited)Chester ConklinPhotographer (uncredited)Billy CummingsMichael Osborne (uncredited)Alice FlemingNeighbor (uncredited)Gerald MackeyYoung Boy (uncredited)Mickey McGuireYoung Boy (uncredited)Rod NormondYoung Boy (uncredited)Barbara SearsWAC Lieutenant (uncredited)Bernard Sell1st Military Policeman (uncredited)Larry Thompson2nd Military Policeman (uncredited)