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Hail the Conquering Hero

1944 · 1h 41m · Comedy, War

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

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.

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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

Details

Director

Preston Sturges

Released

August 9, 1944

Runtime

1h 41m

Genres

Comedy, War

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Status

Released

TMDB score

7.1 / 10 from 79 votes