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Hail the Conquering Hero

NR
Movie
1944
1h 41m
English
Comedy, War
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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CRITIC SCORE
90

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Eddie Bracken
Woodrow Truesmith
Raymond Walburn
Mayor Everett D. Noble
William Demarest
Sgt. Heppelfinger
Franklin Pangborn
Reception Committee Chairman
Elizabeth Patterson
Martha - Libby's Aunt
Georgia Caine
Mrs. Truesmith
Al Bridge
Political Boss
Bill Edwards
Forrest Noble
Harry Hayden
Doc Bissell
Jimmy Conlin
Judge Dennis
Jimmie Dundee
Cpl. Candida
Chester Conklin
Western Union Man (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncre...
Tom McGuire
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Frank Moran
Town Painter (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Miriam Nelson
Tap Dancer (uncredited)
Esther Howard
Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Woman at Train Station (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Rev. Upperman (uncredited)
Directed By: Preston Sturges
Written By: Preston Sturges

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juliosoft says...
9 months ago
Another great film directed and written by Preston Sturges with a great script, direction and performances.
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