Hail the Conquering Hero [36498] Released: 1944-08-09 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 101 mins Popularity: 0.4682 Vote Average: 7.007 Vote Count: 68 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 [51] Eddie BrackenWoodrow Truesmith Ella RainesLibby Raymond WalburnMayor Everett J. Nob William DemarestSgt. Heppelfinger Franklin PangbornReception Committee Elizabeth PattersonMartha - Libby's Aun Georgia CaineMrs. Truesmith Al BridgePolitical Boss Freddie SteeleBugsy Bill EdwardsForrest Noble Harry HaydenDoc Bissell Jimmy ConlinJudge Dennis Jimmie DundeeCpl. Candida Chester ConklinWestern Union Man Eddie HallMan Swigging Beer at Tom McGuireTown Councilman Frank MoranTown Painter Dewey RobinsonTrain Conductor Robert WarwickMarine Colonel Miriam NelsonTap Dancer Esther HowardMrs. Everett J. Nobl Bess FlowersWoman at Train Stati Torben MeyerMr. Schultz Arthur HoytRev. Upperman George AndersonBartender Nora CecilTrain Ticket Clerk Pauline DrakeTelephone Operator Dot FarleyMamie's Mother Jim FarleyUndetermined Seconda Franklyn FarnumTown Councilman Maxine FifeDaughter of Colonel Julie GibsonSinger Kenneth GibsonTown Councilman Stephen GregoryPfc. Bill Swenson Mildred HarrisWife of Marine Colon Len HendryPfc. Juke Gillette Earl HunsakerOne of the Guardsmen Henry IblingsOne of the Guardsmen Tiny JonesTownswoman Dudley KuzelleOne of the Guardsmen Philo McCulloughTown Councilman George MelfordSheriff Charles R. MooreThe Porter Marjean NevilleMamie Jack NortonSecond Bandleader Harry 'Snub' PollardTownsman Paul PorcasiCafe Owner Victor PotelProgressive Bandlead Merrill RodinAlfie John SinclairAmerican Legion Band Hal TaggartTownsman Trailers