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