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.

Eddie Bracken

(Woodrow Truesmith)

Ella Raines

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

Bill Edwards

(Forrest Noble)

Harry Hayden

Jimmy Conlin

Jimmie Dundee

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))