Hail the Conquering Hero
★ 7.1·1944·1h 41min·Comedy and War
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
Overview
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.
- Director
- Preston Sturges
- Original language
- English
- Status
- Released (Aug 18, 1944)
Where to watch
- Buy or rent
Cast
40 people
Eddie BrackenWoodrow Truesmith
Ella RainesLibby
Raymond WalburnMayor Everett J. Noble
William DemarestSgt. Heppelfinger
Franklin PangbornReception Committee Chairman
Elizabeth PattersonMartha - Libby's Aunt
Georgia CaineMrs. Truesmith
Al BridgePolitical Boss
Freddie SteeleBugsy
Bill EdwardsForrest Noble
Harry HaydenDoc Bissell
Jimmy ConlinJudge Dennis
Show 28 more
- JDJimmie DundeeCpl. Candida
Chester ConklinWestern Union Man (uncredited)
Eddie HallMan Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)
Tom McGuireTown Councilman (uncredited)
Frank MoranTown Painter (uncredited)
Dewey RobinsonTrain Conductor (uncredited)
Robert WarwickMarine Colonel (uncredited)
Miriam NelsonTap Dancer (uncredited)
Esther HowardMrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
Bess FlowersWoman at Train Station (uncredited)
Torben MeyerMr. Schultz (uncredited)
Arthur HoytRev. Upperman (uncredited)- GAGeorge AndersonBartender (uncredited)
Nora CecilTrain Ticket Clerk (uncredited)- PDPauline DrakeTelephone Operator (uncredited)
Dot FarleyMamie's Mother (uncredited)
Jim FarleyUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Franklyn FarnumTown Councilman (uncredited)- MFMaxine FifeDaughter of Colonel (uncredited)
Julie GibsonSinger (uncredited)- KGKenneth GibsonTown Councilman (uncredited)
- SGStephen GregoryPfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)
Mildred HarrisWife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)- LHLen HendryPfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)
- EHEarl HunsakerOne of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
- HIHenry IblingsOne of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
- TJTiny JonesTownswoman (uncredited)
- DKDudley KuzelleOne of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
