Hail the Conquering Hero

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

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

Eddie Bracken

Ella Raines

Raymond Walburn

William Demarest

Franklin Pangborn

Elizabeth Patterson

Georgia Caine

Al Bridge

Freddie Steele

Bill Edwards

Harry Hayden

Jimmy Conlin