Heroes for Sale
Heroes for Sale (1933) is an American pre-Code drama film directed by William Wellman, starring Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, and Loretta Young, and released by Warner Bros. and First National Pictures. The 76-minute original is considered lost; a 71-minute version is available from Turner Entertainment.
Plot
A veteran of World War I, Thomas Holmes (Richard Barthelmess), struggles to make his way in civilian life in almost every way imaginable. In the opening scene of the film, 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.
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| author | Robert Lord |
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| director | William Augustus Wellman |
| editor | Howard Bretherton |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | addict arrest break out capture charlie grapewin confine endless german soldier great depression kill machine morphine moving on open out of work red squad serve than the unemployed wash world war i wound |
| musicBy | Bernhard Kaun |
| producer | Hal B. Wallis |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |