Hail the Conquering Hero
# MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
📜 Overview:
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.
🌏 Languages Available:
English
📆 Date Released:
1944-08-09
⌚ Running Time:
101 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.008
Beloved Cast
Woodrow Truesmith
Eddie Bracken
Libby
Ella Raines
Mayor Everett J. Noble
Raymond Walburn
Sgt. Heppelfinger
William Demarest
Reception Committee Chairman
Franklin Pangborn
Martha - Libby's Aunt
Elizabeth Patterson
Mrs. Truesmith
Georgia Caine
Political Boss
Al Bridge
Bugsy
Freddie Steele
Forrest Noble
Bill Edwards
Doc Bissell
Harry Hayden
Judge Dennis
Jimmy Conlin
Cpl. Candida
Jimmie Dundee
Western Union Man (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Town Painter (uncredited)
Frank Moran
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Tap Dancer (uncredited)
Miriam Nelson
Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
Esther Howard
Woman at Train Station (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Rev. Upperman (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Bartender (uncredited)
George Anderson
Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Pauline Drake
Mamie's Mother (uncredited)
Dot Farley
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Daughter of Colonel (uncredited)
Maxine Fife
Singer (uncredited)
Julie Gibson
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Pfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)
Stephen Gregory
Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Mildred Harris
Pfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)
Len Hendry
One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Earl Hunsaker
One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Henry Iblings
Townswoman (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Dudley Kuzelle
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Sheriff (uncredited)
George Melford
The Porter (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
Mamie (uncredited)
Marjean Neville
Second Bandleader (uncredited)
Jack Norton
Townsman (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
Victor Potel
Alfie (uncredited)
Merrill Rodin
American Legion Bandleader (uncredited)
John Sinclair
Townsman (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
