Hail the Conquering Hero
Released: August 9, 1944Runtime: 101 min
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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Eddie Bracken
as Woodrow Truesmith
Ella Raines
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Raymond Walburn
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William Demarest
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Franklin Pangborn
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Elizabeth Patterson
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Georgia Caine
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Al Bridge
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Freddie Steele
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Bill Edwards
as Forrest Noble
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