

ComedyWar
Hail the Conquering Hero
📅 Wednesday, 9 August 1944⏱️ 1h 41m
🎬 Directed by Preston Sturges🏢 Paramount Pictures
★ 7.1
★★★★★
TMDB Rating
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.
Cast & Crew

Eddie Bracken
Woodrow Truesmith

Ella Raines
Libby

Raymond Walburn
Mayor Everett J. Noble

William Demarest
Sgt. Heppelfinger

Franklin Pangborn
Reception Committee Chairman

Elizabeth Patterson
Martha - Libby's Aunt

Georgia Caine
Mrs. Truesmith

Al Bridge
Political Boss
🎬 Directed byPreston Sturges
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