Hail the Conquering Hero
Rating: 7.1 · 1944 · Comedy, War · USA · 1 ч 41 мин
Description
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.
Information
- Year
- 1944
- Genre
- Comedy, War
- Country
- USA
- Runtime
- 1 ч 41 мин
- TMDB
- 7.1
- IMDb
- 7.1
- Tagline
- MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
Director
Cast
- Eddie Bracken — Woodrow Truesmith
- Ella Raines — Libby
- Raymond Walburn — Mayor Everett J. Noble
- William Demarest — Sgt. Heppelfinger
- Franklin Pangborn — Reception Committee Chairman
- Elizabeth Patterson — Martha - Libby's Aunt
- Georgia Caine — Mrs. Truesmith
- Al Bridge — Political Boss
- Freddie Steele — Bugsy
- Bill Edwards — Forrest Noble
- Harry Hayden — Doc Bissell
- Jimmy Conlin — Judge Dennis
- Jimmie Dundee — Cpl. Candida
- Chester Conklin — Western Union Man (uncredited)
- Eddie Hall — Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)
- Tom McGuire — Town Councilman (uncredited)
- Frank Moran — Town Painter (uncredited)
- Dewey Robinson — Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Robert Warwick — Marine Colonel (uncredited)
- Miriam Nelson — Tap Dancer (uncredited)