Film
Hail the Conquering Hero
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.
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.
Cast
- 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
