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Hail the Conquering Hero
1944, Aug 09
1h 41m
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.
Directed by
Preston Sturges
Written by
Preston Sturges
Arthur Hoyt
Rev. Upperman (uncredited)
Ella Raines
Libby
Bess Flowers
Woman at Train Station (uncredited)
Eddie Bracken
Woodrow Truesmith
William Demarest
Sgt. Heppelfinger
Robert Warwick
Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Al Bridge
Political Boss
Frank Moran
Town Painter (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
Western Union Man (uncredited)
Bill Edwards
Forrest Noble
Elizabeth Patterson
Martha - Libby's Aunt
Georgia Caine
Mrs. Truesmith
Esther Howard
Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
Franklin Pangborn
Reception Committee Chairman
Jimmy Conlin
Judge Dennis
Torben Meyer
Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Doc Bissell
Dewey Robinson
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)
Freddie Steele
Bugsy
Raymond Walburn
Mayor Everett D. Noble
Jimmie Dundee
Cpl. Candida
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