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.
Director
William A. Wellman
Director of Photography
James Van Trees
Editor
Howard Bretherton
Screenplay
Wilson Mizner
Screenplay
Robert Lord
Costume Design
Orry-Kelly
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
