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Let There Be Light

74 %|Dec 16, 1946|Documentary, War

The final entry in a trilogy of films produced for the U.S. government by John Huston. Some returning combat veterans suffer scars that are more psychological than physical. This film follows patients and staff during their treatment. It deals with what would now be called PTSD, but at the time was categorised as psychoneurosis or shell-shock. Government officials deemed this 1946 film counterproductive to postwar efforts; it was not shown publicly until 1981.

Featured Crew

John Huston
Director
John Huston
Writer
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Charles Kaufman
Writer
Gene Fowler Jr.
Editor
William Reynolds
Editor

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Cast

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Walter Huston
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)