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