1944
7.0 (68 votes)
1h 41m
Genres
Comedy
War
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Hail the Conquering Hero
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Preston Sturges
Director: Preston Sturges
Director of Photography: John F. Seitz
Producer: Preston Sturges
Top 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
Videos
Hail The Conquering Hero Trailer 1944
