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.
| Title | Hail the Conquering Hero |
|---|---|
| Year | 1944 |
| Genre | Comedy, War |
| Country | United States of America |
| Studio | Paramount Pictures |
| Cast | 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) |
| Keyword | 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 |
| Release | Aug 09, 1944 |
| Runtime | 101 minutes |
| Quality | HD |
| IMDb | 7.01 / 10 by 66 users |
| Popularity | 4 |
| Budget | 0 |
| Revenue | 0 |
| Language | English |
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