The Tender Years

{{Short description|1948 film by Harold D. Schuster}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = The Tender Years | image = The Tender Years poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Harold D. Schuster | producer = Edward L. Alperson | screenplay = Arnold Belgard Abem Finkel Jack Jungmeyer | story = Jack Jungmeyer | starring = Joe E. Brown Richard Lyon Noreen Nash Charles Drake Josephine Hutchinson James Millican | music = Edward Kilenyi | cinematography = Henry Freulich | editing = Richard W. Farrell | studio = 20th Century Fox | distributor = 20th Century Fox | released = {{Film date|1948|1|3}} | runtime = 81 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''The Tender Years''''' is a 1948 American drama film directed by Harold D. Schuster, written by Arnold Belgard, Abem Finkel and Jack Jungmeyer, and starring Joe E. Brown, Richard Lyon, Noreen Nash, Charles Drake, Josephine Hutchinson and James Millican. It was released on January 3, 1948, by 20th Century Fox.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92541/the-tender-years |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608071910/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92541/The-Tender-Years/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 8, 2013 |title=The Tender Years (1948) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2015-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/49050/The-Tender-Years/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011030156/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/49050/The-Tender-Years/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-10-11 |title=The-Tender-Years - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |author=Hal Erickson |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2015 |accessdate=2015-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/130601 |title=The Tender Years |publisher=Afi.com |date= |accessdate=2015-10-01}}</ref>

==Plot== {{No plot|date=September 2015}}

== Cast == *Joe E. Brown as Rev. Will Norris *Richard Lyon as Ted Norris *Noreen Nash as Linda *Charles Drake as Bob Wilson *Josephine Hutchinson as Emily Norris *James Millican as Kit Barton *Griff Barnett as Sen. Cooper *Jeanne Gail as Jeanie *Harry Cheshire as Sheriff Fred Ackley *Blayney Lewis as Frank Barton *Jimmie Dodd as Spike

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0039890|The Tender Years}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tender Years}} Category:1948 films Category:1948 English-language films Category:20th Century Fox films Category:American drama films Category:1948 drama films Category:Films directed by Harold D. Schuster Category:American black-and-white films Category:1948 American films Category:English-language drama films