Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

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.

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  • Release Date: 1944-08-09
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Director: Preston Sturges

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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)

  • Esther Howard

    Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)

  • Bess Flowers

    Woman at Train Station (uncredited)

  • Torben Meyer

    Mr. Schultz (uncredited)

  • Arthur Hoyt

    Rev. Upperman (uncredited)

  • George Anderson

    Bartender (uncredited)

  • Nora Cecil

    Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

  • Pauline Drake

    Telephone Operator (uncredited)

  • Dot Farley

    Mamie's Mother (uncredited)

  • Jim Farley

    Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

  • Franklyn Farnum

    Town Councilman (uncredited)

  • Maxine Fife

    Daughter of Colonel (uncredited)

  • Julie Gibson

    Singer (uncredited)

  • Kenneth Gibson

    Town Councilman (uncredited)

  • Stephen Gregory

    Pfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)

  • Mildred Harris

    Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)

  • Len Hendry

    Pfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)

  • Earl Hunsaker

    One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

  • Henry Iblings

    One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

  • Tiny Jones

    Townswoman (uncredited)

  • Dudley Kuzelle

    One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

  • Philo McCullough

    Town Councilman (uncredited)

  • George Melford

    Sheriff (uncredited)

  • Charles R. Moore

    The Porter (uncredited)

  • Marjean Neville

    Mamie (uncredited)

  • Jack Norton

    Second Bandleader (uncredited)

  • Harry 'Snub' Pollard

    Townsman (uncredited)

  • Paul Porcasi

    Cafe Owner (uncredited)

  • Victor Potel

    Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)

  • Merrill Rodin

    Alfie (uncredited)

  • John Sinclair

    American Legion Bandleader (uncredited)

  • Hal Taggart

    Townsman (uncredited)

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