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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
Bess Flowers
Woman at Train Station (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
Townsman (uncredited)
Eddie Bracken
Woodrow Truesmith
Elizabeth Patterson
Martha - Libby's Aunt
William Demarest
Sgt. Heppelfinger
Franklyn Farnum
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Townsman (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Ella Raines
Libby
Franklin Pangborn
Reception Committee Chairman
Al Bridge
Political Boss
Victor Potel
Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Rev. Upperman (uncredited)
Raymond Walburn
Mayor Everett J. Noble
Chester Conklin
Western Union Man (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
Judge Dennis
Mildred Harris
Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Esther Howard
Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
Doc Bissell
Dot Farley
Mamie's Mother (uncredited)
Georgia Caine
Mrs. Truesmith
Eddie Hall
Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Jack Norton
Second Bandleader (uncredited)
Bill Edwards
Forrest Noble
Dewey Robinson
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Frank Moran
Town Painter (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
The Porter (uncredited)
Freddie Steele
Bugsy
Julie Gibson
Singer (uncredited)
Jimmie Dundee
Cpl. Candida
George Anderson
Bartender (uncredited)
Pauline Drake
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Maxine Fife
Daughter of Colonel (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Stephen Gregory
Pfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)
Len Hendry
Pfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)
Earl Hunsaker
One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Henry Iblings
One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Townswoman (uncredited)
Dudley Kuzelle
One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Marjean Neville
Mamie (uncredited)
Merrill Rodin
Alfie (uncredited)
John Sinclair
American Legion Bandleader (uncredited)
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