
Hail the Conquering Hero
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
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.
ComedyWar
Hail the Conquering Hero
Rating
7.0/10
Release Date
1944-08-09
Runtime
101 minutes
Status
Released
Cast

Eddie Bracken
Woodrow Truesmith

Ella Raines
Libby

Raymond Walburn
Mayor Everett J. Noble

William Demarest
Sgt. Heppelfinger

Franklin Pangborn
Reception Committee Chairman

Elizabeth Patterson
Martha - Libby's Aunt

Georgia Caine
Mrs. Truesmith

Al Bridge
Political Boss

Freddie Steele
Bugsy

Bill Edwards
Forrest Noble

Harry Hayden
Doc Bissell

Jimmy Conlin
Judge Dennis
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Production Companies

Paramount Pictures