Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero

101 mins | Comedy, War | Aug. 9, 1944

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.

Hail the Conquering Hero

101 mins | Comedy, War | Aug. 9, 1944

Hail the Conquering Hero
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Paramount
Original title Hail the Conquering Hero
Directors Preston Sturges
Writers Preston Sturges

Cast

Eddie Bracken

as Woodrow Truesmith

Ella Raines

as Libby

Raymond Walburn

as Mayor Everett D. Noble

William Demarest

as Sgt. Heppelfinger

Franklin Pangborn

as Reception Committee Chairman

Elizabeth Patterson

as Martha - Libby's Aunt

Georgia Caine

as Mrs. Truesmith

Al Bridge

as Political Boss

Freddie Steele

as Bugsy

Bill Edwards

as Forrest Noble

Harry Hayden

as Doc Bissell

Jimmy Conlin

as Judge Dennis

Jimmie Dundee

as Cpl. Candida

Chester Conklin

as Western Union Man (uncredited)

Eddie Hall

as Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)

Tom McGuire

as Town Councilman (uncredited)

Frank Moran

as Town Painter (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Robert Warwick

as Marine Colonel (uncredited)

Miriam Nelson

as Tap Dancer