Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
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.
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Eddie BrackenWoodrow Truesmith
Ella RainesLibby
Raymond WalburnMayor Everett D. Noble
William DemarestSgt. Heppelfinger
Franklin PangbornReception Committee Chairman
Elizabeth PattersonMartha - Libby's Aunt
Georgia CaineMrs. Truesmith
Al BridgePolitical BossFreddie SteeleBugsy
Bill EdwardsForrest Noble
Harry HaydenDoc Bissell
Jimmy ConlinJudge DennisKeywords
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What is Hail the Conquering Hero about?
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.
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Hail the Conquering Hero has a runtime of 101 minutes.
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