Hail the Conquering Hero
- Released on
- Runtime
- 101 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Eddie Bracken
- Ella Raines
- Raymond Walburn
- William Demarest
- Franklin Pangborn
- Elizabeth Patterson
- Georgia Caine
- Al Bridge
- Freddie Steele
- Bill Edwards
- Harry Hayden
- Jimmy Conlin
- Jimmie Dundee
- Chester Conklin
- Eddie Hall
- Tom McGuire
- Frank Moran
- Dewey Robinson
- Robert Warwick
- Miriam Nelson
- Esther Howard
- Bess Flowers
- Torben Meyer
- Arthur Hoyt
- George Anderson
- Nora Cecil
- Pauline Drake
- Dot Farley
- Jim Farley
- Franklyn Farnum
- Maxine Fife
- Julie Gibson
- Kenneth Gibson
- Stephen Gregory
- Mildred Harris
- Len Hendry
- Earl Hunsaker
- Henry Iblings
- Tiny Jones
- Dudley Kuzelle
- Philo McCullough
- George Melford
- Charles R. Moore
- Marjean Neville
- Jack Norton
- Harry 'Snub' Pollard
- Paul Porcasi
- Victor Potel
- Merrill Rodin
- John Sinclair
- Hal Taggart
Director
- Preston Sturges
Producers
- Preston Sturges
