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