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In a small town in the Eastern United States, the outbreak of hostilities in Korea has a profound effect on several people. WW II veteran Martin Greer (Dana Andrews) wants to re-enlist, much to the dismay of his wife Nancy (Dorothy McGuire). Draftee Jack Greer (Farley Granger) fears that his military service will permanently shelve his plans to marry Carrie Turner (Peggy Dow). Jack's mother Sarah (Mildred Dunnock), having already lost one son in the war, resents the pro-American jingoism of her husband Thomas (Robert Keith). And George Kress, Jr. (Martin Milner) must contend with his possessive father George Kress, Sr. (Walter S. Baldwin), who'll do anything to keep his son out of uniform (Incidentally, both Dana Andrews and Walter S. Baldwin had previously appeared in Best Years of Our Lives). Screenwriter Irwin Shaw adapted I Want You from a series of human-interest articles by Edward Newhouse, which first appeared in The New Yorker.
Original Release
12/22/1951
US Release
12/22/1951
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dana Andrews | Martin Greer |
Dorothy McGuire | Nancy Greer |
Farley Granger | Jack Greer |
Peggy Dow | Carrie Turner |
Robert Keith | Thomas Greer |
Mildred Dunnock | Sarah Greer |
Ray Collins | Judge Turner / Judge Kenneth Turner |
Martin Milner | George Kress Jr. |
Jim Backus | Harvey Landrum |
Marjorie Crossland | Mrs. Turner / Mrs. Celia Turner |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dana Andrews | Martin Greer |
Dorothy McGuire | Nancy Greer |
Farley Granger | Jack Greer |
Peggy Dow | Carrie Turner |
Robert Keith | Thomas Greer |
Mildred Dunnock | Sarah Greer |
Ray Collins | Judge Turner / Judge Kenneth Turner |
Martin Milner | George Kress Jr. |
Jim Backus | Harvey Landrum |
Marjorie Crossland | Mrs. Turner / Mrs. Celia Turner |
Walter Baldwin | George Kress Sr. |
Walter Sande | Ned Iverson |
Peggy Maley | Gladys |
Jerrilyn Flannery | Anne Greer |
Erik Nielsen | Tony Greer |
James Adamson | Train Porter |
Jean Andren | Draft Board Secretary |
Sam Balter | Radio Baseball Announcer |
Dee Carroll | Small Role |
Charles Fogel | Bar Patron |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Samuel Goldwyn | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1952 | Oscar | Best Sound, Recording | Nominated |