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