Hail the Conquering Hero
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
1944-08-09 | 101 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Eddie BrackenWoodrow Truesmith
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Ella RainesLibby
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Raymond WalburnMayor Everett J. Noble
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William DemarestSgt. Heppelfinger
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Franklin PangbornReception Committee Chairman
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Elizabeth PattersonMartha - Libby's Aunt
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Georgia CaineMrs. Truesmith
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Al BridgePolitical Boss
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Freddie SteeleBugsy
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Bill EdwardsForrest Noble
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Harry HaydenDoc Bissell
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Jimmy ConlinJudge Dennis
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Chester ConklinWestern Union Man (uncredited)
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Eddie HallMan Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)
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Tom McGuireTown Councilman (uncredited)
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Frank MoranTown Painter (uncredited)
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Dewey RobinsonTrain Conductor (uncredited)
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Robert WarwickMarine Colonel (uncredited)
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Miriam NelsonTap Dancer (uncredited)
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