Hail the Conquering Hero
1944-08-09
Cast51
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)
Art7
Haldane Douglas
Art Direction
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Stephen Seymour
Set Decoration
Evelyn Glatt
Assistant Set Dresser
Joe Keller
Props
Oscar Lau
Props
John MacNeil
Assistant Set Dresser
Camera8
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Harlow Stengel
Assistant Camera
William Austin
Grip
Gene Liggett
Assistant Camera
Walter McLeod
Grip
Otto Pierce
Second Assistant Camera
William Rand
Second Assistant Camera
Theodor Sparkuhl
Camera Operator
Costume & Make-Up7
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Dick Johnson
Makeup Artist
Web Overlander
Makeup Artist
Gertrude Reade
Hairstylist
Louis Brown
Wardrobe Master
Eugene Joseff
Other
Crew2
Joseph J. Lilley
Additional Music
Victor Young
Additional Music
Directing5
Preston Sturges
Director
Harve Foster
Assistant Director
Howard Joslin
Second Assistant Director
John Robert Murphy
Second Assistant Director
La Prele Jones
Script Supervisor
Editing1
Stuart Gilmore
Editor
Lighting4
Warren Hoag
Electrician
Ray Guy
Electrician
Chet Stafford
Gaffer
Walt Taylor
Gaffer
Production4
Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer
Preston Sturges
Producer
Robert Mayo
Casting
Teet Carle
Publicist
Sound9
Werner R. Heymann
Original Music Composer
Wallace Nogle
Sound Recordist
Walter Oberst
Sound Recordist
Gene Merritt
Sound Mixer
August Van Koughnet
Sound Recordist
Sigmund Krumgold
Music Director
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator
George Parrish
Orchestrator
Leo Shuken
Orchestrator
Writing1
Preston Sturges
Writer