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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.
Keywords
small town
mother
hero
truth
confession
world war ii
mayor
lie
satire
war hero
u.s. marine
dead father
military discharge
false pretenses
reluctant hero
hero worship
taken under wing
hero's fall
mayoral election
allergies
return to hometown
u.s. marine corps
honorable
Casts
Eddie Bracken
Woodrow Truesmith
Ella Raines
Libby
Raymond Walburn
Mayor Everett J. Noble
William Demarest
Sgt. Heppelfinger
Franklin Pangborn
Reception Committee Chairman
Elizabeth Patterson
Martha - Libby's Aunt
Georgia Caine
Mrs. Truesmith
Al Bridge
Political Boss
Freddie Steele
Bugsy
Bill Edwards
Forrest Noble
Harry Hayden
Doc Bissell
Jimmy Conlin
Judge Dennis
Jimmie Dundee
Cpl. Candida
Chester Conklin
Western Union Man (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Frank Moran
Town Painter (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Miriam Nelson
Tap Dancer (uncredited)
Esther Howard
Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Woman at Train Station (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Rev. Upperman (uncredited)
George Anderson
Bartender (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Pauline Drake
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Dot Farley
Mamie's Mother (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Maxine Fife
Daughter of Colonel (uncredited)
Julie Gibson
Singer (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Stephen Gregory
Pfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)
Mildred Harris
Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Len Hendry
Pfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)
Earl Hunsaker
One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Henry Iblings
One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Townswoman (uncredited)
Dudley Kuzelle
One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Town Councilman (uncredited)
George Melford
Sheriff (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
The Porter (uncredited)
Marjean Neville
Mamie (uncredited)
Jack Norton
Second Bandleader (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Townsman (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Victor Potel
Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
Merrill Rodin
Alfie (uncredited)
John Sinclair
American Legion Bandleader (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
Townsman (uncredited)
Crews
Preston Sturges
Writer
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Haldane Douglas
Art Direction
Preston Sturges
Director
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Stuart Gilmore
Editor
Werner R. Heymann
Original Music Composer
Stephen Seymour
Set Decoration
Warren Hoag
Electrician
Wallace Nogle
Sound Recordist
Harlow Stengel
Assistant Camera
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
Preston Sturges
Producer
Robert Mayo
Casting
Dick Johnson
Makeup Artist
Web Overlander
Makeup Artist
Gertrude Reade
Hairstylist
Harve Foster
Assistant Director
Howard Joslin
Second Assistant Director
John Robert Murphy
Second Assistant Director
Evelyn Glatt
Assistant Set Dresser
Joe Keller
Props
Oscar Lau
Props
John MacNeil
Assistant Set Dresser
Walter Oberst
Sound Recordist
Gene Merritt
Sound Mixer
August Van Koughnet
Sound Recordist
William Austin
Grip
Ray Guy
Electrician
Gene Liggett
Assistant Camera
Walter McLeod
Grip
Otto Pierce
Second Assistant Camera
William Rand
Second Assistant Camera
Theodor Sparkuhl
Camera Operator
Chet Stafford
Gaffer
Walt Taylor
Gaffer
Louis Brown
Wardrobe Master
Eugene Joseff
Other
Sigmund Krumgold
Music Director
Joseph J. Lilley
Additional Music
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator
George Parrish
Orchestrator
Leo Shuken
Orchestrator
Victor Young
Additional Music
La Prele Jones
Script Supervisor
Teet Carle
Publicist
Backdrops & Posters
