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Hero for a Day (1939) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Harold Young

Writing Credits  

Harold Buchman ... (screenplay)
 
Matt Taylor ... (original story "The Old Grad")

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification  

Anita Louise ... Sylvia Higgins
Dick Foran ... Brainy Thornton
Charley Grapewin ... Uncle Frank 'Lucky' Higgins
Emma Dunn ... Emmy 'Moms' Dunn
David Holt ... Billy Higgins
Berton Churchill ... E. A. Dow
Samuel S. Hinds ... 'Dutch' Bronson
Richard Lane ... Abbott
Jerry Marlowe Jerry Marlowe ... Fitz
Frances Robinson Frances Robinson ... Jean
Dorothy Arnold ... Dorothy
John Gallaudet ... Kelly
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eddie Acuff ... Eddie Gibbons (uncredited)
Dale Armstrong Dale Armstrong ... Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Paul Barrett Paul Barrett ... Ticket Man (uncredited)
Margaret Brayton Margaret Brayton ... Dow Secretary (uncredited)
Tommy Bupp ... Second Boy (uncredited)
Irene Coleman ... Dow Secretary (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps ... Trainer (uncredited)
Robert Darrell Robert Darrell ... First Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn ... Garrity (uncredited)
Jack Egger Jack Egger ... Boy (uncredited)
Billy Engle ... Stranger (uncredited)
Martin Faust ... Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston Eddie Fetherston ... Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Jack Gardner Jack Gardner ... Second Reporter (uncredited)
Ben Lewis Ben Lewis ... Bus Conductor (uncredited)
Buster Phelps ... First Boy (uncredited)
Russ Powell ... Watchman (uncredited)
Cully Richards Cully Richards ... Jesse (uncredited)
Bobbe Trefts Bobbe Trefts ... Dow Secretary (uncredited)
Bobby Watson ... Stranger (uncredited)

Produced by 

Ken Goldsmith ... associate producer

Music by 

Charles Previn ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by 

John W. Boyle

Editing by 

Charles Maynard

Art Direction by 

Jack Otterson

Set Decoration by 

Russell A. Gausman ... (as R.A. Gausman)

Art Department 

Charles H. Clarke ... associate art director

Sound Department 

Bernard B. Brown ... sound supervisor
Joe Lapis ... sound technician (as Joseph Lapis)

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Vera West ... costumes

Music Department 

Charles Previn ... musical director
Alberto Colombo ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Frank Skinner ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

Additional Crew 

Hal Herman ... unit publicist (uncredited)

See also

Release Dates | Official Sites | Company Credits | Filming & Production | Technical Specs

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