Release Date: Jan 1, 1946 Wide
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At the request of the Signal Corps, John Huston made a wartime documentary of the emotionally disturbed war veterans being treated at Mason General Hospital. For three months, Huston immersed himself in the project, observing the various methods used to pull these shattered-in-spirit men out of their mental anguish, ranging from shock treatment to hypnosis. The key scene in Let There Be Light, as the film would be known upon its completion, a weeping veteran is brought back to the real world
Jan 1, 1946 Wide
All Critics (3) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (1)
Had the film not been banned by the Army, it probably would've been forgotten almost immediately.
Director-writer John Huston crafted this once banned study of the emotional toll of war.
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