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Cast

Walter Huston

Walter Huston

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

John Huston

John Huston

Director

John Huston

John Huston

Writer

Dimitri Tiomkin

Dimitri Tiomkin

Original Music Composer

Charles Kaufman

Charles Kaufman

Writer

Gene Fowler Jr.

Gene Fowler Jr.

Editor

William Reynolds

William Reynolds

Editor

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Let There Be Light

19467.4 / 1058 min
Documentary, War

Overview

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.