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