Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier is a 1944 film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Anne Baxter and John Hodiak. It is based on a novelette by Martha Cheavens.
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| Directed by | Lloyd Bacon |
| Produced by | Walter Morosco |
| Written by | Martha Cheavens (story) Melvin Levy Wanda Tuchock |
| Starring | Anne Baxter John Hodiak |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Edited by | J. Watson Webb Jr. |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2 million[1] |
Plot
A poor family in Florida saves all the money they can in order to plan a Sunday dinner for a soldier at a local Army airbase. 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 (Hodiak) and Tessa (Baxter), the young woman who runs the home.
Primary cast
- Anne Baxter - Tessa
- John Hodiak - Eric Moore
- Charles Winninger - Grandfather
- Anne Revere - Agatha
- Chill Wills - Mr. York
- Robert Bailey - Kenneth Normand
- Bobby Driscoll - Jeep
- Jane Darwell - Mrs. Dobson
Radio adaptation
On February 19, 1945, Baxter, Hodiak, and Winninger appeared in a radio adaptation of the film on Lux Radio Theatre.
References
- "The Screen; Crisis and Romance", The New York Times (January 25, 1945)
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