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Random Harvest

Random Harvest

  • Status: Released
  • 17-12-1942
  • Runtime: 125 min
  • Score: 7.3
  • Vote count: 103

Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last.

Ronald Colman

Charles Rainier

Greer Garson

Paula

Philip Dorn

Dr. Jonathan Benet

Susan Peters

Kitty

Henry Travers

Dr. Sims

Reginald Owen

"Biffer"

Bramwell Fletcher

Harrison

Rhys Williams

Sam

Una O'Connor

Tobacconist

Aubrey Mather

Sheldon

Margaret Wycherly

Mrs. Deventer

Arthur Margetson

Chetwynd

Melville Cooper

George

Alan Napier

Julian

Jill Esmond

Lydia

Marta Linden

Jill

Ann Richards

Bridget

Norma Varden

Julia

David Cavendish

Henry Chilcet

Ivan F. Simpson

The Vicar

Marie De Becker

Vicar's Wife

Charles Waldron

Mr. Lloyd

Elisabeth Risdon

Mrs. Lloyd

John Burton

Pearson (uncredited)

William Ripley Dorr

Church Singers (uncredited)

Ian Wolfe

Registrar of Births (uncredited)

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This is simply one of the most beautiful love stories ever made. The somewhat convoluted plot concerns a shell-shocked WWII veteran who remembers nothing of his life before the war, not even his own name. He escapes from the mental institution he's been confined to, and falls for a beautiful chorus girl he meets on the street. They're obviously meant for each other, but then tragedy strikes, and their ideal life together is no more. The great Ronald Colman and the lovely Greer Garson are fantastic together. No one was more perfectly suited to this hard-hitting romantic drama than these two. In the novel by James Hilton, Smithy, the character played by Colman in the film, is supposed to be somewhere in his mid-twenties, while Colman was about fifty when he did this. But since it's Ronald Colman, hey, let's face it: no one in their right mind is going to be complaining. Plus, it helps that the span of time covered in the story is at least ten or twenty years. The plot is so tricky and involved, you must pay close attention and remain awake and alert throughout the course of the film. But every moment is worth it. As you watch, you want nothing more than to see these two wonderful people find happiness together. It's a long movie, but when the ending finally rolls around, you're bound to have a smile on your face and a warm feeling in your heart, because let me tell you, that ending is pure bliss.