Hail the Conquering Hero
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge.
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Cast
Charles R. Moore
The Porter (uncredited)
Bill Edwards
Forrest Noble
Harry Hayden
Doc Bissell
Tom McGuire
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Julie Gibson
Singer (uncredited)
Jack Norton
Second Bandleader (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
Western Union Man (uncredited)
Frank Moran
Town Painter (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Victor Potel
Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
Georgia Caine
Mrs. Truesmith
Eddie Hall
Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)
Miriam Nelson
Tap Dancer (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Woman at Train Station (uncredited)
Dot Farley
Mamie's Mother (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Town Councilman (uncredited)
George Melford
Sheriff (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Elizabeth Patterson
Martha - Libby's Aunt
Al Bridge
Political Boss
Freddie Steele
Bugsy
Torben Meyer
Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Rev. Upperman (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Mildred Harris
Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Raymond Walburn
Mayor Everett J. Noble
William Demarest
Sgt. Heppelfinger
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Townsman (uncredited)
Eddie Bracken
Woodrow Truesmith
Ella Raines
Libby
Jimmy Conlin
Judge Dennis
Esther Howard
Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
Franklin Pangborn
Reception Committee Chairman
Dewey Robinson
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Marine Colonel (uncredited)