Hail the Conquering Hero
NR 1944-08-09 (US) • Comedy, War • 101minutes • Play Trailer
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.
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Eddie Bracken

Woodrow Truesmith

Ella Raines

Libby

Raymond Walburn

Mayor Everett J. Noble

William Demarest

Sgt. Heppelfinger

Franklin Pangborn

Reception Committee Chairman

Elizabeth Patterson

Martha - Libby's Aunt

Georgia Caine

Mrs. Truesmith

Al Bridge

Political Boss

Freddie Steele

Bugsy

Bill Edwards

Forrest Noble

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