I'll Be Seeing You (1944 film)

I'll Be Seeing You
Directed by	William Dieterle
Produced by	Dore Schary
Screenplay by	Marion Parsonnet
Based on	Double Furlough by Charles Martin
Starring	Ginger Rogers Joseph Cotten Shirley Temple
Narrated by	Joseph Cotten
Music by	Daniele Amfitheatrof
Cinematography	Tony Gaudio
Edited by	William H. Ziegler
Production company	Vanguard Films Selznick International Pictures
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	December 1944 (Los Angeles)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.3 million or $1.5 million
Box office	over $6 million

I'll Be Seeing You is a 1944 drama film made by Selznick International Pictures, Dore Schary Productions, and Vanguard Pictures, and distributed by United Artists. It stars Joseph Cotten, Ginger Rogers, and Shirley Temple, with Spring Byington, Tom Tully, and John Derek. George Cukor was the original director, but was replaced by William Dieterle. It was produced by Dore Schary, with David O. Selznick as executive producer. The screenplay was by Marion Parsonnet, based on a radio play by Charles Martin.

The soundtrack includes the song "I'll Be Seeing You", which had become a hit that year, although it dated back to 1938. The film's title was taken from the song, at the suggestion of Schary.

Social outcasts Mary Marshall (Ginger Rogers) and Sgt. Zachary Morgan (Joseph Cotten) meet while seated across from each other on a train bound for Pinehill. Zach, a victim of shell shock and, therefore, a prisoner of his own mind, has just been granted a ten-day leave from a military hospital to try to readjust to daily life. Mary, convicted for Involuntary Manslaughter, has just been given a special eight-day furlough from prison to spend the Christmas holiday with her aunt and uncle in Pinehill. Each harbors his own secret. Mary lies to Zach that she is a traveling saleslady on her way to spend the holidays with her family, while Zach tells Mary that he is going to visit his sister in Pinehill. After the train pulls into the station, the two exchange names. Mary then goes to the Marshall home, where she is reunited with her Uncle Henry (Tom Tully), Aunt Sarah (Spring Byington) and cousin Barbara (Shirley Temple).