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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  Preston Sturges
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  Harve Foster
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  Howard Joslin
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  John Robert Murphy
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  La Prele Jones

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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
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  Harry Hayden
  Doc Bissell
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  Jimmy Conlin
  Judge Dennis
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  Jimmie Dundee
  Cpl. Candida
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  Chester Conklin
  Western Union Man (uncredited)
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  Eddie Hall
  Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)
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  Tom McGuire
  Town Councilman (uncredited)
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  Frank Moran
  Town Painter (uncredited)
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  Dewey Robinson
  Train Conductor (uncredited)
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  Robert Warwick
  Marine Colonel (uncredited)
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  Miriam Nelson
  Tap Dancer (uncredited)