---
title: 'The Human Comedy (1943)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Clarence Brown'
released: '1943-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-human-comedy-1943'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036022/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Human Comedy (1943)

1943 · 118 min · Drama, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Human Comedy is a 1943 American semi-comedy-drama film directed by Clarence Brown and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It began as a screenplay by William Saroyan, who was expected to direct. After Saroyan left the project, he wrote the novel of the same name and published it just before the film was released. Howard Estabrook was brought in to reduce the run time to two hours. The picture stars Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig, Marsha Hunt, Fay Bainter, Ray Collins, Van Johnson, Donna Reed and Jackie "Butch" Jenkins. Barry Nelson, Robert Mitchum and Don DeFore appear together as boisterous soldiers in uncredited supporting roles.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Clarence Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-brown)
- **Screenplay:** [William Saroyan](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-saroyan), [Howard Estabrook](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-estabrook)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Herbert Stothart](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-stothart)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harry Stradling](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-stradling)
- **Editor:** [Conrad A. Nervig](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-a-nervig)

## Cast

- [Frank Craven](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-craven)
- [Albert Conti](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-conti)
- [Lynne Carver](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynne-carver)
- [James Craig](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-craig)
- [Fay Bainter](https://cinepixo.com/people/fay-bainter)
- [Barry Nelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-nelson)
- [Ray Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-collins)
- [Ernest Whitman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-whitman)
- [Mickey Rooney](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-rooney)
- [Katharine Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/katharine-alexander)
- [Donna Reed](https://cinepixo.com/people/donna-reed)
- [Clem Bevans](https://cinepixo.com/people/clem-bevans)
- [Ann Ayars](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-ayars)
- [Clancy Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/clancy-cooper)
- [Mary Nash](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-nash)

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