Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

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Original Title: Hail the Conquering Hero

Release Date: August 09, 1944

Runtime: 101 minutes

Budget: $0.0

Revenue: $0.0

Overview

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

Eddie Bracken

Woodrow Truesmith

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

Bill Edwards

Forrest Noble

Harry Hayden

Doc Bissell

Jimmy Conlin

Judge Dennis

Chester Conklin

Western Union Man (uncredited)

Eddie Hall

Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)

Tom McGuire

Town Councilman (uncredited)

Frank Moran

Town Painter (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Robert Warwick

Marine Colonel (uncredited)

Miriam Nelson

Tap Dancer (uncredited)

Esther Howard

Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Woman at Train Station (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

Mr. Schultz (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt

Rev. Upperman (uncredited)

Nora Cecil

Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

Dot Farley

Mamie's Mother (uncredited)

Jim Farley

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Town Councilman (uncredited)

Julie Gibson

Singer (uncredited)

Mildred Harris

Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Town Councilman (uncredited)

George Melford

Sheriff (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore

The Porter (uncredited)

Jack Norton

Second Bandleader (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Townsman (uncredited)

Paul Porcasi

Cafe Owner (uncredited)

Victor Potel

Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)

Crew

Edith Head

Costume Design

Wally Westmore

Makeup Artist

Victor Young

Additional Music

John F. Seitz

Director of Photography

Joseph J. Lilley

Additional Music

Theodor Sparkuhl

Camera Operator

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