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