Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
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.
Key facts
- Released:
- 1944-08-09
- Runtime:
- 101 min
- Genres:
- Comedy, War
- Director:
- Preston Sturges
- Top cast:
- Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson
- Original language:
- EN
- TMDB rating:
- 7.1/10 from 77 votes
- Bynge Score:
- 6.7/10