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I'll Be Seeing You

1944 1h 25m Holiday Romance List
Tomatometer 1 Reviews 71% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
In this romantic drama, Zachary Morgan (Joseph Cotten) and Mary Marshall (Ginger Rogers) meet on a train and immediately sense a mutual attraction. However, both Zach and Mary are shouldering significant secrets: he is a traumatized war vet on leave from a military hospital, and she is a convict who has been temporarily released from prison for the Christmas holiday. As the attractive young couple spends time together, their secrets threaten their budding relationship.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A satisfying WW11 melodrama. Rated: B- Nov 21, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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R G Excellent WW11 movie without the war. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/26/23 Full Review Steve D Cotten is not up to the task but everyone else is. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 05/30/23 Full Review s r I saw this since I read about it in my TCM Christmas Classics book. This was an ambitious plot taking on issues like PTSD, sexual abuse, social stigmas and women criminals. It was a little dated and at times not too believable, but it still has a powerful message and an unusual ending. I appreciated the Christmas focus and the good natured characters involved. It was on Youtube. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review kevin w A surprise from out of nowhere, Joe Cotton is great as a sensitive vet`with PTSD, struggling to cope. Ginger Rogers has her own kind of agony to deal with, just as serious, on home for a Christmastime furlough. They meet, these two terribly damaged people, and somehow manage to strengthen one another, and such are the performances of the leads that you root for them all the way through. I didn't expect anything from this, but boy was I wrong. Don't wait till this accidentally shows up on your doorstep. Instead seek it out, and you'll be rewarded. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I loved this movie--The characters were vulnerable, and the cast was excellent. I even cried at the end. It's an old-fashioned tear jerker. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member I'LL BE SEEING YOU (1944) will, for once and for all, change all perceptions of Hollywood during WWII. This very adult, mature and touching film deals with a soldier suffering from PTSD and a woman on furlough from prison for the holiday season. Devoid of all sentimentality, I'LL BE SEEING YOU deals frankly with the impact of war on soldiers while equally dealing with the hardships facing Americans during the war and in particular the plight of women, not as they wait for their men to return but as they are exploited both for labor and sex. What's perhaps best about I'LL BE SEEING YOU is that it stays clear of easy plot points and conflicts you may expect and instead paints a portrait of sadness and hardship but simultaneously the true and right way we humans should behave. Simply stellar! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In this romantic drama, Zachary Morgan (Joseph Cotten) and Mary Marshall (Ginger Rogers) meet on a train and immediately sense a mutual attraction. However, both Zach and Mary are shouldering significant secrets: he is a traumatized war vet on leave from a military hospital, and she is a convict who has been temporarily released from prison for the Christmas holiday. As the attractive young couple spends time together, their secrets threaten their budding relationship.
Director
William Dieterle, George Cukor
Producer
David O. Selznick
Screenwriter
Marion Parsonnet
Production Co
Vanguard Films Production, Selznick International Pictures
Genre
Holiday, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 19, 2004
Runtime
1h 25m