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Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

1h 41m | PG-13

⭐ 7.007 / 10

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.

Director: Preston Sturges

Studio: Paramount Pictures

Genre: Comedy, War

Video: 720p

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Cast

Eddie Bracken

Eddie Bracken

as Woodrow Truesmith

Ella Raines

Ella Raines

as Libby

Raymond Walburn

Raymond Walburn

as Mayor Everett J. Noble

William Demarest

William Demarest

as Sgt. Heppelfinger

Franklin Pangborn

Franklin Pangborn

as Reception Committee Chairman

Elizabeth Patterson

Elizabeth Patterson

as Martha - Libby's Aunt