Release Date
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Original Release
August 9, 1944
1h 41m
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
⭐ 7.1101 min
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.
Director
Preston Sturges
Department: Directing
⭐Popularity: 0.6
Cast
Eddie Bracken
Woodrow Truesmith
⭐0.7
Ella Raines
Libby
⭐0.5
Raymond Walburn
Mayor Everett J. Noble
⭐0.5
William Demarest
Sgt. Heppelfinger
⭐0.8
Franklin Pangborn
Reception Committee Chairman
⭐1.5
Elizabeth Patterson
Martha - Libby's Aunt
⭐0.6
Georgia Caine
Mrs. Truesmith
⭐0.3
Al Bridge
Political Boss
⭐0.4
Freddie Steele
Bugsy
⭐0.2
Bill Edwards
Forrest Noble
⭐0.1
Genres
ComedyWar
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