Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge.
- Released
- 1944-08-09
- Genres
- Comedy, War
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Preston Sturges
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 80 votes
Cast
- Eddie Bracken as Woodrow Truesmith
- Ella Raines as Libby
- Raymond Walburn as Mayor Everett J. Noble
- William Demarest as Sgt. Heppelfinger
- Franklin Pangborn as Reception Committee Chairman
- Elizabeth Patterson as Martha - Libby's Aunt
- Georgia Caine as Mrs. Truesmith
- Al Bridge as Political Boss
- Freddie Steele as Bugsy
- Bill Edwards as Forrest Noble
- Harry Hayden as Doc Bissell
- Jimmy Conlin as Judge Dennis
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