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Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero

(1944)

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.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : Preston Sturges
  2. Producer : Preston Sturges
  3. Writer : Preston Sturges
  4. Editor : Stuart Gilmore
  5. Cast : Eddie Bracken,Ella Raines,Raymond Walburn,William Demarest,Franklin Pangborn,Elizabeth Patterson,Georgia Caine,Al Bridge,Freddie Steele,Bill Edwards,Harry Hayden,Jimmy Conlin,Jimmie Dundee,Chester Conklin,Eddie Hall,Tom McGuire,Frank Moran,Dewey Robinson,Robert Warwick,Miriam Nelson,Esther Howard,Bess Flowers,Torben Meyer,Arthur Hoyt,George Anderson,Nora Cecil,Pauline Drake,Dot Farley,Jim Farley,Franklyn Farnum,Maxine Fife,Julie Gibson,Kenneth Gibson,Stephen Gregory,Mildred Harris,Len Hendry,Earl Hunsaker,Henry Iblings,Tiny Jones,Dudley Kuzelle,Philo McCullough,George Melford,Charles R. Moore,Marjean Neville,Jack Norton,Harry 'Snub' Pollard,Paul Porcasi,Victor Potel,Merrill Rodin,John Sinclair,Hal Taggart

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Original TitleHail the Conquering Hero

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1944-08-09

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 41m

Production CompaniesParamount Pictures

Genres

  • Comedy
  • War

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