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