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Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero

7.1 (77) ·1944 ·101 min ·Movie
Comedy War

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

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.

Top Cast

Eddie Bracken
Eddie Bracken
Woodrow Truesmith
Ella Raines
Ella Raines
Libby
Raymond Walburn
Raymond Walburn
Mayor Everett J. Noble
William Demarest
William Demarest
Sgt. Heppelfinger
Franklin Pangborn
Franklin Pangborn
Reception Committee Chairman
Elizabeth Patterson
Elizabeth Patterson
Martha - Libby's Aunt
Georgia Caine
Georgia Caine
Mrs. Truesmith
Al Bridge
Al Bridge
Political Boss
Freddie Steele
Freddie Steele
Bugsy
Bill Edwards
Bill Edwards
Forrest Noble

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