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Hail the Conquering Hero

Release Date: 1944-08-09

Rating: ⭐ 7/10 (68 votes)

Genres: Comedy, War

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.

Production: Paramount Pictures

🎭 Top Cast

Eddie Bracken
Eddie Bracken
as Woodrow Truesmith
Ella Raines
Ella Raines
as Libby
Raymond Walburn
Raymond Walburn
as Mayor Everett J. Noble
William Demarest
William Demarest
as Sgt. Heppelfinger
Franklin Pangborn
Franklin Pangborn
as Reception Committee Chairman
Elizabeth Patterson
Elizabeth Patterson
as Martha - Libby's Aunt

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