Hail the Conquering Hero
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.
Year: 1944
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson
Crew: Preston Sturges (Writer), Hans Dreier (Art Direction), Haldane Douglas (Art Direction), Preston Sturges (Director), John F. Seitz (Director of Photography), Edith Head (Costume Design)
Runtime: 101 minutes
Release: Aug 09, 1944
IMDb: 7.01/10 by 68 users
Popularity: 0
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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
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