Hail the Conquering Hero
09/08/1944
2h



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


Eddie Bracken
Woodrow Truesmith


Ella Raines
Libby


Raymond Walburn
Mayor Everett J. Noble


William Demarest
Sgt. Heppelfinger


Franklin Pangborn
Reception Committee Chairman


Elizabeth Patterson
Martha - Libby's Aunt


Georgia Caine
Mrs. Truesmith


Al Bridge
Political Boss


Freddie Steele
Bugsy


Bill Edwards
Forrest Noble


Harry Hayden
Doc Bissell


Jimmy Conlin
Judge Dennis
Jimmie Dundee
Cpl. Candida


Chester Conklin
Western Union Man (uncredited)


Eddie Hall
Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)


Tom McGuire
Town Councilman (uncredited)


Frank Moran
Town Painter (uncredited)


Dewey Robinson
Train Conductor (uncredited)


Robert Warwick
Marine Colonel (uncredited)


Miriam Nelson
Tap Dancer (uncredited)


Esther Howard
Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)


Bess Flowers
Woman at Train Station (uncredited)


Torben Meyer
Mr. Schultz (uncredited)


Arthur Hoyt
Rev. Upperman (uncredited)
George Anderson
Bartender (uncredited)


Nora Cecil
Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Pauline Drake
Telephone Operator (uncredited)


Dot Farley
Mamie's Mother (uncredited)


Jim Farley
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)


Franklyn Farnum
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Maxine Fife
Daughter of Colonel (uncredited)


Julie Gibson
Singer (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Stephen Gregory
Pfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)


Mildred Harris
Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Len Hendry
Pfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)
Earl Hunsaker
One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Henry Iblings
One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Townswoman (uncredited)
Dudley Kuzelle
One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)


Philo McCullough
Town Councilman (uncredited)


George Melford
Sheriff (uncredited)


Charles R. Moore
The Porter (uncredited)
Marjean Neville
Mamie (uncredited)


Jack Norton
Second Bandleader (uncredited)


Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Townsman (uncredited)


Paul Porcasi
Cafe Owner (uncredited)


Victor Potel
Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
Merrill Rodin
Alfie (uncredited)
John Sinclair
American Legion Bandleader (uncredited)


Hal Taggart
Townsman (uncredited)
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