The Human Comedy "Thriller" A grocer is impaled on

A grocer is impaled on a meat hook

but those comparisons would soon end

Tracy's portrayal brilliantly captures the American pioneering spirit

"I need a man

And there are timeless lessons of love and letting go that Jody learns from Flag

The Human Comedy "Thriller" A grocer is impaled onA heartwarming look at family and friendship, The Human Comedy is the poignant story of high school student Homer Macauley (Mickey Rooney) and the lives he touches while delivering telegrams throughout his small California town during the troubling years of World War II. Based on an original screenplay by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright William Saroyan (which he would later adapt into a bestselling novel), the movie received four Oscar nominations