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      Homecoming

      Released Apr 29, 1948 1 hr. 53 min. War List
      Reviews 88% 500+ Ratings Audience Score In 1941, Dr. Robert Sunday (John Hodiak) criticizes his friend, successful surgeon Ulysses Johnson (Clark Gable), for his hypocritical stance on war victims while neglecting needy, poor patients at home. When Ulysses joins the Army, his wife, Penny (Anne Baxter), worries about the war's effects on him and their marriage. On the voyage across, Ulysses meets nurse and widow Jane "Snapshot" McCall (Lana Turner), whose idealism, strength and skill prompt him to reevaluate his principles. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jun 22 Buy Now

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      steve d The cast make it well worth it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Clark Gable and Lana Turner at their best. The script was moving, realistic, and took Gable out of traditional roles. That there was a new perspective reached was script writing at its best. A truly inspiring movie. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review ashley h Homecoming is an enjoyable piece of film making. It is about a doctor who joined the army as something to do rather than the patriotism. Lana Turner and Clark Gable worked well together and were likable in this World War II drama. The screenplay is well written. Mervyn LeRoy did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed this motion picture because of the romance. Homecoming is a must see. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Homecoming (1948) This post-war romantic melodrama was directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The older, more mellow (and yet still very romantic) Clark Gable is more what I'm accustomed to seeing as I was growing up watching movies and this side of him is shown at it's best. The story is told in flashback, as a broken Major Ulysses Johnson (Gable) is shipped back from the war in Europe. Before he was a shallow surgeon at a prestigious hospital. He enjoys his privileged lifestyle as well as being married to beautiful and loving Penny (Anne Baxter). When his old friend Dr. Bob Sunday (John Hodiak) asked for his help influencing his colleagues, to do some pro bono work to right the terrible health conditions in a poorer neighborhood of town, he's just too busy to help. Later Ulysses joins the Army and is shipped off to Europe to work in a MASH unit. He's assigned a mouthy Lieutenant Jane McCall (Lana Turner) who everyone calls Snapshot and the sparks fly. Snapshot is a very efficient nurse and really takes good care managing the MASH unit, but she's not above telling Ulysses, (who she nicknames Useless) what she thinks. You know that in the dangers of battle that these two will grow fond of each other and that will blossom into love. It's not only the war that changes Ulysses, but the love of idealistic Jane. Of course this has always been an on-going theme that is in Gable movies. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Thoroughly enjoyable movie, very moving and contains some very stirring moments, some which left a few tears on my face. Sadly, it's almost a look into what Clark Gable really suffered as he lost his beloved wife, Carole Lombard, in a plane wreck as she helped in the war effort and how after Gable returned from his own war duty he was a changed man. Terrific performances by Gable and Lana Turner. Turner's performance in this movie should be considered one of her best. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member i think i saw this in english class Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com A serviceable MGM star-vehicle for Clark Gable and Lana Turner. Rated: B- Oct 15, 2012 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews World War II romance between Clark Gable and Lana Turner that tries to lighten up a dreary drama. Rated: C Jun 9, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis In 1941, Dr. Robert Sunday (John Hodiak) criticizes his friend, successful surgeon Ulysses Johnson (Clark Gable), for his hypocritical stance on war victims while neglecting needy, poor patients at home. When Ulysses joins the Army, his wife, Penny (Anne Baxter), worries about the war's effects on him and their marriage. On the voyage across, Ulysses meets nurse and widow Jane "Snapshot" McCall (Lana Turner), whose idealism, strength and skill prompt him to reevaluate his principles.
      Director
      Mervyn LeRoy
      Production Co
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Genre
      War
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Apr 29, 1948, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 22, 2009
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