Hail the Conquering Hero

ComedyWar

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.

"MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!"

Rating

7.007
68 votes

Popularity

3.0487

Runtime

101 min.

Status

Released

Release Date

8/9/1944

Credits

Hail the Conquering Hero

Eddie BrackenWoodrow Truesmith

Hail the Conquering Hero

Ella RainesLibby

Hail the Conquering Hero

Raymond WalburnMayor Everett J. Noble

Hail the Conquering Hero

William DemarestSgt. Heppelfinger

Hail the Conquering Hero

Franklin PangbornReception Committee Chairman

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