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Hail the Conquering Hero

WarComedy
1944, 1h 41min
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.
Country: United States
Director:
Preston Sturges
Cast:
Bess Flowers,
Al Bridge,
Harry Hayden,
Dewey Robinson
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Preston Sturges
Director
Bess Flowers
As Woman at Train Station (uncredited)
Al Bridge
As Political Boss
Harry Hayden
As Doc Bissell
Dewey Robinson
As Train Conductor (uncredited)
Franklin Pangborn
As Reception Committee Chairman

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