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Hero for a Day

Hero for a Day1939

★6.566 minDrama

When a night watchman is mistaken for a wealthy college alumnus, his family and friends help him go along with the pretense.

Director

Writer

Matt Taylor Harold Buchman

Stars

Anita Louise Dick Foran Charley Grapewin

Cast12

Anita Louise
as Sylvia Higgins
Dick Foran
as Brainy Thornton
Charley Grapewin
as Uncle Frank "Lucky" Higgins
Emma Dunn
as Emmy "Moms" Higgins
David Holt
as Billy Higgins
Berton Churchill
as E.A. Dow
Samuel S. Hinds
as "Dutch" Bronson
Richard Lane
as Abbott
Jerry Marlowe
as Fitz
Frances Robinson
as Jean
Dorothy Arnold
as Dorothy
John Gallaudet
as Kelly

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