Heroes for Sale
"What good are medals on tortured breasts?"
1933-06-17
7
en 72mDrama
World War I veteran Tom Holmes is marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his battle wounds. Over the years, he comes to experience both the pain of misfortune and a love for other human beings.
Screenplay
Wilson Mizner
Screenplay
Robert Lord
Director
William A. Wellman
Director of Photography
James Van Trees
Editor
Howard Bretherton
Producer
Hal B. Wallis
inventor capitalism war veteran world war i drug addiction street riots great depression anti-communism automation morphine unrequited love poverty laundry presumed dead labor organizer pre-code bank clerk workers union vagrancy 1920s soup kitchen 1910s 1930s red squad run out of town communist movement hunger riots innocent man imprisoned ww1 veteran
Status
ReleasedBudget
$290,000Countries
- United States of America
Companies
- First National Pictures
