| Title: | Hail the Conquering Hero |
| IMDB Rate: | 7 |
| IMDB Votes: | 65 |
| Duration: | 101 mins |
| Year: | 1944 |
| Language: | English, |
| Genre: | Comedy, War, |
| Country: | United States of America, |
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Plot:
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.
Tags:
small town,
mother,
hero,
truth,
confession,
world war ii,
mayor,
lie,
satire,
war hero,
u.s. marine,
dead father,
military discharge,
false pretenses,
reluctant hero,
hero worship,
taken under wing,
hero's fall,
mayoral election,
allergies,
return to hometown,
u.s. marine corps,
honorable,
Actors - Crew
Eddie Bracken
Woodrow Truesmith
Woodrow Truesmith
Ella Raines
Libby
Libby
Raymond Walburn
Mayor Everett D. Noble
Mayor Everett D. Noble
William Demarest
Sgt. Heppelfinger
Sgt. Heppelfinger
Franklin Pangborn
Reception Committee Chairman
Reception Committee Chairman
Elizabeth Patterson
Martha - Libby's Aunt
Martha - Libby's Aunt
Preston Sturges
Writer
Writer
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Art Direction
Haldane Douglas
Art Direction
Art Direction
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Edith Head
Costume Design
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
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