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