Hail the Conquering Hero
1 Oscar Nominations·National Film Registry
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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.
Genres
Comedy, War
Cast & Crew
DirectorPreston Sturges
StarringEddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn
ComposerWerner R. Heymann
Hail the Conquering Hero
1 Oscar Nominations·National Film Registry
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.
Genres
Comedy, War
Cast & Crew
DirectorPreston Sturges
StarringEddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn
ComposerWerner R. Heymann
Rent/Purchase