Hail the Conquering Hero (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.
Comedy, War
Cast
- Eddie Bracken — Woodrow Truesmith
- Ella Raines — Libby
- Raymond Walburn — Mayor Everett J. Noble
- William Demarest — Sgt. Heppelfinger
- Franklin Pangborn — Reception Committee Chairman
- Elizabeth Patterson — Martha - Libby's Aunt
- Georgia Caine — Mrs. Truesmith
- Al Bridge — Political Boss
- Freddie Steele — Bugsy
- Bill Edwards — Forrest Noble
- Harry Hayden — Doc Bissell
- Jimmy Conlin — Judge Dennis
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