Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

  • Genre: Comedy, War
  • Release Date: 1944-08-09
  • User Rating: 6.992/10 from 65 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Preston Sturges
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From 65 Ratings

Summary

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

    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 (uncredited)

  • Esther Howard

    as Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)

  • Bess Flowers

    as Woman at Train Station (uncredited)

  • Torben Meyer

    as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)

  • Arthur Hoyt

    as Rev. Upperman (uncredited)
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Camera John F. Seitz Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up Wally Westmore Makeup Artist
Art Stephen Seymour Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Edith Head Costume Design
Sound Werner R. Heymann Original Music Composer
Writing Preston Sturges Writer
Art Haldane Douglas Art Direction
Directing Preston Sturges Director
Editing Stuart Gilmore Editor
Lighting Warren Hoag Electrician
Sound Wallace Nogle Sound Recordist
Camera Harlow Stengel Assistant Camera

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