Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) - Comedy Movies 101 minutes. . 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. small town, mother, hero, truth, confession, world war ii, mayor, lie, satire, war hero, u.s. marine, dead father, military discharge, false pretenses, reluctant hero, hero worship, taken under wing, hero's fall, mayoral election, allergies, return to hometown, u.s. marine corps, honorable
Released: Aug 09, 1944
Runtime: 101 minutes
Stars: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson
Crew: Preston Sturges (Director), Preston Sturges (Writer), Werner R. Heymann (Original Music Composer), John F. Seitz (Director of Photography), Stuart Gilmore (Editor), Haldane Douglas (Art Direction)