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