Product Details

• Actors: Dorothy McGuire, Guy Madison, Robert Mitchum, Bill Williams, Tom Tully
• Format: NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: April 5, 1989
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301278518
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #73,687 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Under-rated post WWII classic!!, March 13, 2006

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Ronald Hinton - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Till the End of Time [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Released in 1946, the same year as "The Best Years Of Our Lives" this film tackles the issues that veterans and their families face. This film takes a long cold stare at the sense of loss on the Home Front and in the souls of men and women of the time. The theme is of an overwhelming feeling that is Shock; of lost love, lost lives and lost opportunities. This is a film about Recovery and merely coping with what War does to us all. A real character study of Americans as they rebuild their damaged lives.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Realistic Depiction of How Our Returning GI's Coped, January 20, 2005

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Alan Rockman (Upland, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Till the End of Time [VHS] (VHS Tape)

While not as famous as "The Best Years of Our Lives", "Till the End of Time" was a very realistic depiction of what the returning men of the "Greatest Generation" faced when they returned home, in this case, a stark, almost austere post-war Los Angeles.

The traumas, the nightmares, the uncertainty of boys who quickly had to become men - in one famous scene Guy Madison confronts Dorothy McGuire after an argument with his parents, who don't seem to understand the man whom they last knew as a teen going off to war. His buddies too, have difficulty coping with civilian life. Big Bill Williams, a pre-war athlete, is embittered and reclusive over the lost of a leg, and Robert Mitchum in one of his earliest roles, takes to drink and gambling as a way out of his woes. Finally provoked by neo-Nazis who lived out the war in comfort, the three men finally find themselves (at the time of this film, Director Dmytryk was still a member of the Communist Party, and the party line was to be vigilant towards homegrown fascism - without of course shedding light on one of the worst fascists in history, Joe Stalin).

It is the fine realistic acting of Madison, and Dorothy McGuire who faces her own demons as a war widow wooed by Madison, that is the centerpiece of this movie. Underneath the cool exteriors, there is plenty of passion between Madison, trying to find himself and fall in love, and McGuire, who after losing her husband is understandably hesitant about starting anew. One wonders why Guy Madison never became the major star that Bob Mitchum was - as he certainly had the looks and the potential to be one. And Dorothy McGuire was always an underrated beauty. Both of them deserved better in the starmaking machine.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just a Great Story, July 1, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Till the End of Time [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I will not belabor the reader with needless esoteric references to the subtle "hidden" meanings of this excellent and under appreciated film. It is not as wide sweeping and well known as "Best Years", yet it holds a timeless appeal.
I cherish the sweetness of the interaction between Dorothy Maguire and Guy Madison. The "Greatest Generation" are well represented, and I bow to their talents.
There is no need to read current foolisheness and "PC" stuff into this film. It stands on its own merits. My four uncles who all served in WWII applaud this one.
God Bless