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.
Top Cast
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Eddie BrackenWoodrow Truesmith
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Ella RainesLibby
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Raymond WalburnMayor Everett J. Noble
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William DemarestSgt. Heppelfinger
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Franklin PangbornReception Committee Chairman
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Elizabeth PattersonMartha - Libby's Aunt
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Georgia CaineMrs. Truesmith
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Al BridgePolitical Boss
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Freddie SteeleBugsy
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Bill EdwardsForrest Noble
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Harry HaydenDoc Bissell
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Jimmy ConlinJudge Dennis
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Jimmie DundeeCpl. Candida
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Chester ConklinWestern Union Man (uncredited)
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Eddie HallMan Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)
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Tom McGuireTown Councilman (uncredited)
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Frank MoranTown Painter (uncredited)
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Dewey RobinsonTrain Conductor (uncredited)
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Robert WarwickMarine Colonel (uncredited)
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Miriam NelsonTap Dancer (uncredited)
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Esther HowardMrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
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Bess FlowersWoman at Train Station (uncredited)
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Torben MeyerMr. Schultz (uncredited)
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Arthur HoytRev. Upperman (uncredited)
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George AndersonBartender (uncredited)
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Nora CecilTrain Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
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Pauline DrakeTelephone Operator (uncredited)
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Dot FarleyMamie's Mother (uncredited)
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Jim FarleyUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Franklyn FarnumTown Councilman (uncredited)
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Maxine FifeDaughter of Colonel (uncredited)
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Julie GibsonSinger (uncredited)
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Kenneth GibsonTown Councilman (uncredited)
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Stephen GregoryPfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)
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Mildred HarrisWife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)
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Len HendryPfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)
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Earl HunsakerOne of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
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Henry IblingsOne of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
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Tiny JonesTownswoman (uncredited)
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Dudley KuzelleOne of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
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Philo McCulloughTown Councilman (uncredited)
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George MelfordSheriff (uncredited)
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Charles R. MooreThe Porter (uncredited)
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Marjean NevilleMamie (uncredited)
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Jack NortonSecond Bandleader (uncredited)
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Harry 'Snub' PollardTownsman (uncredited)
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Paul PorcasiCafe Owner (uncredited)
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Victor PotelProgressive Bandleader (uncredited)
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Merrill RodinAlfie (uncredited)
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John SinclairAmerican Legion Bandleader (uncredited)