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