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Release Date: 1933

Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Loretta Young, Aline MacMahon

Categories: Movies, Melodrama, Pre-Code, Black-and-white

Heroes for Sale (1933) is a Depression-era film directed by William Wellman, starring Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, and Loretta Young, and released by Warner Bros. A veteran of the Great War, Thomas Holmes, 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, in terror, refuses to leave the shell hole so Tom volunteers to go alone. He captures a German but is wounded and taken prisoner. His friend returns to the safety of... MORE

Heroes for Sale (1933) is a Depression-era film directed by William Wellman, starring Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, and Loretta Young, and released by Warner Bros. A veteran of the Great War, Thomas Holmes, 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, in terror, refuses to leave the shell hole so Tom volunteers to go alone. He captures a German but is wounded and taken prisoner. His friend returns to the safety of American lines with the captured German soldier and is rewarded for his supposed heroism. During Tom's captivity, German doctors treat his pain with morphine and becames addicted to the drug. After Tom returns from the war, his cowardly friend offers him a job at his father's bank out of shame. See also, http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article.jsp?cid=182329&mainArticleId=182320 LESS