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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.
World War I hero Tom Holmes (Richard Barthelmess) finds life back in Depression-era America uncharacteristically hard. Tom cannot find work, and after being wounded in battle, he's struggling...
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- Richard Barthelmess
- William A. Wellman
- Drama
The saga of Tom Holmes – a man of principles – from the Great War to the Great Depression. Will he ever get a break? His war heroics earn fame and a medal for someone else, and his wounds result in a morphine addiction that costs him a job, his reputation in his home town, and months in a clinic.
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Mar 20, 2019 · Heroes For Sale (1933) A veteran fights drug addiction to make his way in the business world. Starring Richard Barthelmess, Aline MacMahon, Loretta Young, Gordon Westcott, Robert Barrat, Berton Churchill, and Grant Mitchell. Screenplay….
Aug 5, 2019 · A satisfactory but vexing populist social conscience film from the Depression-era, directed with force and conviction in a muscular style by William A. Wellman (“Wings”/”Night Nurse”/”The Public Enemy”).
Heroes for Sale ★★★ 1933. Fascinating melodrama about a WWI veteran who returns home and manages to survive one disaster after another. Barthelmess is great in his performance as an American Everyman who must deal with everything from morphine addiction to finding work during the Depression.
