Hail the Conquering Hero 1944
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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.
- Released: 1944-08-09
- Runtime: 101 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, War
- Stars: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn
- Director: Hans Dreier, John F. Seitz, Wally Westmore, Stephen Seymour, Edith Head
