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Hail the Conquering Hero
70.22%
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August 9, 1944
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Comedy, War
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.
Featured Crew
Preston Sturges
Writer
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Haldane Douglas
Art Direction
Cast
![Eddie Bracken](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//r7FMivfxnlnluluZ1JyxCPIacL4.jpg)
Eddie Bracken
Woodrow Truesmith
![Ella Raines](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//6nSd8pqGWQEsFm5cAg19jBsgIEr.jpg)
Ella Raines
Libby
![Raymond Walburn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//16ZJm2BU4vrv1Q5OBJLkTfwTDhb.jpg)
Raymond Walburn
Mayor Everett J. Noble
![William Demarest](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//yNr9tzg17nMsrfxqriaWg7PEBlV.jpg)
William Demarest
Sgt. Heppelfinger
![Franklin Pangborn](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//dwVc1uGVVIhg7aplx7HLBmyObky.jpg)
Franklin Pangborn
Reception Committee Chairman