Hail the Conquering Hero

The story

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 & crew

Eddie BrackenWoodrow Truesmith

Ella RainesLibby

Raymond WalburnMayor Everett J. Noble

William DemarestSgt. Heppelfinger

Franklin PangbornReception Committee Chairman

Elizabeth PattersonMartha - Libby's Aunt

Georgia CaineMrs. Truesmith

Al BridgePolitical Boss

Freddie SteeleBugsy

Bill EdwardsForrest Noble

Harry HaydenDoc Bissell

Jimmy ConlinJudge Dennis