‘Till the End of Time’: War’s Long Shadow

A post-WWII melodrama shows the trauma soldiers experience when coming home.

William Tabeshaw (Robert Mitchum) is back home, in “Till the End of Time.” RKO Radio Pictures

NR | 1h 45m | Drama, Romance, War | 1946

As an Army veteran, I’ve heard quite a few tales from World War II vets, mostly in the waiting rooms of the VA, where time moves slower than a government form in triplicate. I’d often wonder what it must’ve been like to come home after years overseas: how they adjusted, what they carried with them, and what they left behind.