Heroes for Sale

Jun 17, 1933

1h 12m

★ 7.0

What good are medals on tortured breasts?

Overview

Tom Holmes is someone guided by honesty and moral rectitude, a heroic veteran of the World War I marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his battle wounds, a traumatized but courageous man who will experience, in the years to come, the pain of misfortune but also the happiness of success and hope and love for other human beings.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

First National Pictures

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Cast

Tom Holmes

Richard Barthelmess

Mary Dennis

Aline MacMahon

Ruth Loring

Loretta Young

Roger Winston

Gordon Westcott

Max Brinker

Robert Barrat

Mr. Winston

Berton Churchill

George Gibson

Grant Mitchell

Pa Dennis

Charley Grapewin

Dr. Briggs

Robert McWade

Leader of Agitators

G. Pat Collins

Blind Soldier

James Murray

Laundry Company President

Edwin Maxwell

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