Hail the Conquering Hero

1944 "MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!"
7.6| 1h41m| NR| en| Comedy, War
Storyline

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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Paramount Pictures

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