Hail the Conquering Hero

1h 41m

7

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

Woodrow Truesmith

Raymond Walburn

Mayor Everett J. Noble

William Demarest

Sgt. Heppelfinger

Franklin Pangborn

Reception Committee Chairman

Elizabeth Patterson

Martha - Libby's Aunt

Chester Conklin

Western Union Man (uncredited)

Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)

Town Councilman (uncredited)

Town Painter (uncredited)

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Marine Colonel (uncredited)

Tap Dancer (uncredited)

Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)

Woman at Train Station (uncredited)

Mr. Schultz (uncredited)

Rev. Upperman (uncredited)

George Anderson

Bartender (uncredited)

Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Mamie's Mother (uncredited)

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Town Councilman (uncredited)

Daughter of Colonel (uncredited)

Singer (uncredited)

Town Councilman (uncredited)

Stephen Gregory

Pfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)

Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)

Pfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)

One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

Townswoman (uncredited)

One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Town Councilman (uncredited)

Sheriff (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore

The Porter (uncredited)

Marjean Neville

Mamie (uncredited)

Second Bandleader (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Townsman (uncredited)

Cafe Owner (uncredited)

Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)

Alfie (uncredited)

American Legion Bandleader (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Crew

Preston Sturges

Director, Writer, Producer

Director of Photography

Second Assistant Director

John Robert Murphy

Second Assistant Director

Assistant Director

Buddy G. DeSylva

Executive Producer

Theodor Sparkuhl

Camera Operator

Assistant Camera

Assistant Camera

Second Assistant Camera

Second Assistant Camera

Wardrobe Master

Sound Recordist

Sound Recordist

August Van Koughnet

Sound Recordist

Werner R. Heymann

Original Music Composer

Sigmund Krumgold

Joseph J. Lilley

Additional Music

Additional Music

Stephen Seymour

Assistant Set Dresser

Assistant Set Dresser

Script Supervisor

Haldane Douglas