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
Director
- Preston Sturges
