Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
"MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!"

Title: Hail the Conquering Hero
Original Title: Hail the Conquering Hero
Release Date: 1944-08-09
Status: Released
Rating: 7/10 (from 67 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Comedy, War
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures
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.
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