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Hail the Conquering Hero

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

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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.

  • Release date
  • August 9, 1944
  • Runtime
  • 101 min
  • Genres
  • Comedy, War
  • Director
  • Preston Sturges

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Eddie Bracken photo Eddie Bracken Woodrow Truesmith Ella Raines photo Ella Raines Libby Raymond Walburn photo Raymond Walburn Mayor Everett J. Noble William Demarest photo William Demarest Sgt. Heppelfinger Franklin Pangborn photo Franklin Pangborn Reception Committee Chairman Elizabeth Patterson photo Elizabeth Patterson Martha - Libby's Aunt Georgia Caine photo Georgia Caine Mrs. Truesmith Al Bridge photo Al Bridge Political Boss

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