Hail the Conquering Hero
Hail the Conquering Hero
Release: 1944-08-09
·Runtime: 101m
·★ 7.0
Comedy
War
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Franklin Pangborn
as Reception Committee Chairman
Elizabeth Patterson
as Martha - Libby's Aunt
Esther Howard
as Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
Dot Farley
as Mamie's Mother (uncredited)
Jim Farley
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
as Town Councilman (uncredited)
Georgia Caine
as Mrs. Truesmith
Al Bridge
as Political Boss
Freddie Steele
as Bugsy
Chester Conklin
as Western Union Man (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
as The Porter (uncredited)
Raymond Walburn
as Mayor Everett J. Noble
Harry Hayden
as Doc Bissell
Dewey Robinson
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Julie Gibson
as Singer (uncredited)
George Melford
as Sheriff (uncredited)
William Demarest
as Sgt. Heppelfinger
Eddie Hall
as Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
as Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Woman at Train Station (uncredited)
Eddie Bracken
as Woodrow Truesmith
Ella Raines
as Libby
Bill Edwards
as Forrest Noble
Jimmy Conlin
as Judge Dennis
Tom McGuire
as Town Councilman (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Townsman (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
as Townsman (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Town Councilman (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
as Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Frank Moran
as Town Painter (uncredited)
Victor Potel
as Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
Miriam Nelson
as Tap Dancer (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
as Rev. Upperman (uncredited)
Mildred Harris
as Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Jack Norton
as Second Bandleader (uncredited)
