Hail the Conquering Hero

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

101 mins
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

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)

Preston Sturges

Writer

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

Haldane Douglas

Art Direction

Preston Sturges

Director

John F. Seitz

Director of Photography

Edith Head

Costume Design

Wally Westmore

Makeup Artist

Stuart Gilmore

Editor

Werner R. Heymann

Original Music Composer

Stephen Seymour

Set Decoration

Warren Hoag

Electrician

Wallace Nogle

Sound Recordist

Harlow Stengel

Assistant Camera

Buddy G. DeSylva

Executive Producer

Preston Sturges

Producer

Robert Mayo

Casting

Dick Johnson

Makeup Artist

Web Overlander

Makeup Artist

Gertrude Reade

Hairstylist

Harve Foster

Assistant Director

Howard Joslin

Second Assistant Director

John Robert Murphy

Second Assistant Director

Evelyn Glatt

Assistant Set Dresser

Joe Keller

Props

Oscar Lau

Props

John MacNeil

Assistant Set Dresser

Walter Oberst

Sound Recordist

Gene Merritt

Sound Mixer

August Van Koughnet

Sound Recordist

William Austin

Grip

Ray Guy

Electrician

Gene Liggett

Assistant Camera

Walter McLeod

Grip

Otto Pierce

Second Assistant Camera

William Rand

Second Assistant Camera

Theodor Sparkuhl

Camera Operator

Chet Stafford

Gaffer

Walt Taylor

Gaffer

Louis Brown

Wardrobe Master

Eugene Joseff

Other

Sigmund Krumgold

Music Director

Joseph J. Lilley

Additional Music

Paul Marquardt

Orchestrator

George Parrish

Orchestrator

Leo Shuken

Orchestrator

Victor Young

Additional Music

La Prele Jones

Script Supervisor

Teet Carle

Publicist

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