Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

Comedy War

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) 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.

Updated May 11 2020

Releases:

US -

1944-08-09

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Keywords:

mother hero mayor lie

FACTS

Runtime: 101 mins Rating: 7.4 Tag Line: MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

Cast

Franklin Pangborn

Reception Committee Chairman

William Demarest

Harry Fabian

Chester Conklin

Western Union Man (uncredited)

Robert Warwick

Marine Colonel (uncredited)

Ella Raines

Celia Evarts

Elizabeth Patterson

Dr. Von Blon

Freddie Steele

Bugsy

Jimmy Conlin

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