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