

Hail the Conquering Hero
1944 · Movie · 1h 41m · NR
ComedyWar
"MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!"
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes
95%
Key crew
- Preston SturgesDirector
- Preston SturgesWriter
- Werner R. HeymannOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Eddie BrackenWoodrow Truesmith
- Ella RainesLibby
- Raymond WalburnMayor Everett J. Noble
- William DemarestSgt. Heppelfinger
- Franklin PangbornReception Committee Chairman
- Elizabeth PattersonMartha - Libby's Aunt
- Georgia CaineMrs. Truesmith
- Al BridgePolitical Boss
- Freddie SteeleBugsy
- Bill EdwardsForrest Noble
- Harry HaydenDoc Bissell
- Jimmy ConlinJudge Dennis
Stills
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Themes
small townmotherherotruthconfessionworld war iimayorliemarine corpssatirewar herou.s. marine











