Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

Hail the Conquering Hero
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  • Genre: Comedy War
  • Running time: 101 min
  • Premiere: 9th of August 1944

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.

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Cast

Eddie Bracken
as Woodrow Truesmith
Hal Taggart
as Townsman (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Woman at Train Station (uncredited)
Julie Gibson
as Singer (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Townsman (uncredited)
Chester Conklin
as Western Union Man (uncredited)
William Demarest
as Sgt. Heppelfinger
Elizabeth Patterson
as Martha - Libby's Aunt
Al Bridge
as Political Boss
Robert Warwick
as Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
as Town Councilman (uncredited)
Jim Farley
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Mildred Harris
as Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Esther Howard
as Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
as Rev. Upperman (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
Dot Farley
as Mamie's Mother (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
as Town Councilman (uncredited)
Tom McGuire
as Town Councilman (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
as Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Franklin Pangborn
as Reception Committee Chairman
Harry Hayden
as Doc Bissell
Dewey Robinson
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
George Melford
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Victor Potel
as Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
as Judge Dennis
Georgia Caine
as Mrs. Truesmith
Bill Edwards
as Forrest Noble
Jack Norton
as Second Bandleader (uncredited)
Frank Moran
as Town Painter (uncredited)
Raymond Walburn
as Mayor Everett J. Noble
Eddie Hall
as Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)
Miriam Nelson
as Tap Dancer (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore
as The Porter (uncredited)

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