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Heroes for Sale is a american film of genre Drama directed by William A. Wellman released in USA on 17 june 1933 with Richard Barthelmess
Heroes for Sale (1933)
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Add to a movie listHeroes for Sale (1933) is an American Depression-era Pre-Code film directed by William Wellman, starring Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, and Loretta Young, and released by Warner Bros. and First National Pictures. Original 76 minute considered lost, current 71 minutes from Turner Entertainment print.
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A veteran of the Great War, Thomas Holmes (Richard Barthelmess), struggles to make his way in civilian life in almost every way imaginable. In the opening scene of the movie, Tom and his friend are on a mission to gather intelligence by capturing a German soldier. Tom's friend, the banker's son Roger Winston (Gordon Westcott), in terror, refuses to leave the shell hole so Tom volunteers to go alone.Actors
Richard Barthelmess
(Tom Holmes)
Aline MacMahon
(Mary Dennis)
Loretta Young
(Ruth Loring)
Gordon Westcott
(Roger Winston)
Robert Barrat
(Max Brinker)
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