On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.
Acting
Leigh's fragility masks steel—devastating.
Cinematography
Shadowy bridge scenes that haunt.
Score
'Auld Lang Syne' will never recover.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Leigh hated her performance, calling it 'soggy'—she was nominated for an Oscar anyway.
This was the second adaptation; the 1931 pre-Code version was even bleaker and basically forgotten.
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