Hail the Conquering Hero

Name: Hail the Conquering Hero
Genre: Comedy, War
Released: 1944-08-09
Duration: 6060 min
Rating: 7.1

7.1 1944 1h 41m United States of America

Comedy War

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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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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Directors

Preston Sturges

Writers

Preston Sturges

Cast

Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson, Georgia Caine, Al Bridge, Freddie Steele, Bill Edwards, Harry Hayden, Jimmy Conlin, Jimmie Dundee, Chester Conklin, Eddie Hall

Production

Paramount Pictures

Languages

English

Countries

United States of America