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Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944)

Sunday Dinner for a Soldier poster
Directed by
Lloyd Bacon
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A poor family living in a rundown house invites a soldier to their Sunday dinner. The soldier and the eldest daughter begin to develop feelings for each other.

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What happens

Sunday Dinner for a Soldier is a 1944 American drama romance war film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Anne Baxter and John Hodiak. It is based on a novelette by Martha Cheavens. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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