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