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), Wally Westmore (Makeup Artist), Preston Sturges (Director), Stuart Gilmore (Editor), Haldane Douglas (Art Direction), Werner R. Heymann (Original Music Composer)
Runtime: 101 minutes
Release: Aug 09, 1944
IMDb: 7.05/10 by 71 users
Popularity: 3
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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