Many a mystery is less bewildering than Heroes for Sale, which was not intended as a puzzler at all.
Heroes for Sale
What good are medals on tortured breasts?
1933 · 1h 12m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
William A. Wellman
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.
Director and cast
- William A. Wellman Director
- Richard Barthelmess as Thomas 'Tom' Holmes
- Aline MacMahon as Mary Dennis
- Loretta Young as Ruth Loring Holmes
- Gordon Westcott as Roger Winston
- Robert Barrat as Max Brinker (as Robert Barratt)
- Berton Churchill as Mr. Winston
- Grant Mitchell as George W. Gibson
- Charley Grapewin as Pa Dennis (as Charles Grapewin)
- Robert McWade as Dr. Briggs
- G. Pat Collins as Leader of Agitators (as George Pat Collins)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
This is also bracingly egalitarian, attacking the hypocrisy of communists and capitalists alike.
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