Hail the Conquering Hero

Directed by Preston Sturges
Passed
1944    1h 41mComedy, War
7.695%84%
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 of Hail the Conquering Hero
  • 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
  • Jimmie 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)
  • George AndersonBartender (uncredited)
  • Nora CecilTrain Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
  • Pauline DrakeTelephone Operator (uncredited)
  • Dot FarleyMamie's Mother (uncredited)
  • Jim FarleyUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
  • Franklyn FarnumTown Councilman (uncredited)
  • Maxine FifeDaughter of Colonel (uncredited)
  • Julie GibsonSinger (uncredited)
  • Kenneth GibsonTown Councilman (uncredited)
  • Stephen GregoryPfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)
  • Mildred HarrisWife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)
  • Len HendryPfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)
  • Earl HunsakerOne of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
  • Henry IblingsOne of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
  • Tiny JonesTownswoman (uncredited)
  • Dudley KuzelleOne of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
  • Philo McCulloughTown Councilman (uncredited)
  • George MelfordSheriff (uncredited)
  • Charles R. MooreThe Porter (uncredited)
  • Marjean NevilleMamie (uncredited)
  • Jack NortonSecond Bandleader (uncredited)
  • Harry 'Snub' PollardTownsman (uncredited)
  • Paul PorcasiCafe Owner (uncredited)
  • Victor PotelProgressive Bandleader (uncredited)
  • Merrill RodinAlfie (uncredited)
  • John SinclairAmerican Legion Bandleader (uncredited)
  • Hal TaggartTownsman (uncredited)
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