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Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero

Paramount Pictures (1944)
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
025192091001
Comedy | War
USA | English | Black & White | 01:41

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) 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 and fabricated a story.


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Eddie Bracken Woodrow Truesmith
Ella Raines Libby
Raymond Walburn Mayor Everett J. Noble
William Demarest Sgt. Heffelfinger
Franklin Pangborn Reception Committee Chairman
Elizabeth Patterson Aunt Martha
Georgia Caine Mrs. Truesmith
Al Bridge Political Boss
Freddie Steele Bugsy
Bill Edwards Forrest Noble
Harry Hayden Doc Bissell
Jimmy Conlin Judge Dennis
Jimmie Dundee Cpl. Candida
George Anderson Bartender
William Brandt One of the Guardsmen
Nora Cecil Train Ticket Clerk
Chester Conklin Western Union Man
James Damore Pfc. Jones
Pauline Drake Telephone Operator
Dot Farley Mamie's Mother
Jim Farley Undetermined Secondary Role
Franklyn Farnum Town Councilman
Maxine Fife Daughter of Colonel
Bess Flowers Woman at Train Station
Julie Gibson Singer

Trailer

Edition details

Nr Discs 1
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Stereo [English]
Edition Release Date May 10, 2011
Regions Region 1