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Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero1944

★7.1101 minComedyWar

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.

Director

Preston Sturges

Writer

Preston Sturges

Score

Werner R. Heymann Victor Young Joseph J. Lilley

Stars

Eddie Bracken Ella Raines Raymond Walburn

Cast51

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
Freddie Steele
as Bugsy
Bill Edwards
as Forrest Noble
Harry Hayden
as Doc Bissell
Jimmy Conlin
as Judge Dennis
J
Jimmie Dundee
as Cpl. Candida
Chester Conklin
as Western Union Man (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
as Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
as Town Councilman (uncredited)
Frank Moran
as Town Painter (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Robert Warwick
as Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Miriam Nelson
as Tap Dancer (uncredited)
Esther Howard
as Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Woman at Train Station (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
as Rev. Upperman (uncredited)
G
George Anderson
as Bartender (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
P
Pauline Drake
as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Dot Farley
as Mamie's Mother (uncredited)
Jim Farley
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Town Councilman (uncredited)
M
Maxine Fife
as Daughter of Colonel (uncredited)
Julie Gibson
as Singer (uncredited)
K
Kenneth Gibson
as Town Councilman (uncredited)
S
Stephen Gregory
as Pfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)
Mildred Harris
as Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)
L
Len Hendry
as Pfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)
E
Earl Hunsaker
as One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
H
Henry Iblings
as One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
T
Tiny Jones
as Townswoman (uncredited)
D
Dudley Kuzelle
as One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
as Town Councilman (uncredited)
George Melford
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
as The Porter (uncredited)
M
Marjean Neville
as Mamie (uncredited)
Jack Norton
as Second Bandleader (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Townsman (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
as Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Victor Potel
as Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
M
Merrill Rodin
as Alfie (uncredited)
J
John Sinclair
as American Legion Bandleader (uncredited)
H
Hal Taggart
as Townsman (uncredited)

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