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.

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  Eddie Bracken

  Woodrow Truesmith
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  Ella Raines

  Libby
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  Raymond Walburn

  Mayor Everett J. Noble
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  William Demarest

  Sgt. Heppelfinger
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  Franklin Pangborn

  Reception Committee Chairman
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  Elizabeth Patterson

  Martha - Libby's Aunt
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  Georgia Caine

  Mrs. Truesmith
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  Al Bridge

  Political Boss
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  Freddie Steele

  Bugsy
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  Bill Edwards

  Forrest Noble