Hail the Conquering Hero
Release Date: 1944-08-09
Overview: 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.
Rating: 7 / 10
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
Crew
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Preston Sturges - Writer
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Wally Westmore - Makeup Artist
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Preston Sturges - Director
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Stuart Gilmore - Editor
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Haldane Douglas - Art Direction
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