Tomorrow Is Forever

Tomorrow Is Forever

The Vibrant, Pulsing Story of a Woman Escaping Her Past!

NR 1946 · 105 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama, Romance

In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years later, on the eve of World War II, Elizabeth refuses to agree to her son's request to enlist and is stunned when an eerily familiar stranger named Kessler arrives from abroad and becomes involved.

Directed by Irving Pichel · Written by Gwen Bristow

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Claudette Colbert Elizabeth Hamilton
Orson Welles John Andrew MacDonald
George Brent Lawrence Hamilton
Lucile Watson Aunt Jessica Hamilton
Richard Long Drew Hamilton
Natalie Wood Margaret Ludwig
John Wengraf Dr. Ludwig
Sonny Howe Brian Hamilton
Ian Wolfe Norton
Joyce Mackenzie Cherry Davis
Jesse Graves Ambrose
Henry Hastings Daniel

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