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Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

ALL 08/09/1944 (en) Comedy, War 101 Min
  • Release
    08/09/1944
  • Production
    Paramount Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    70.08%
  • Original title
    Hail the Conquering Hero
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

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.

  1. Preston Sturges

    Director

  2. Story

  4. Preston Sturges

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Eddie Bracken

    Woodrow Truesmith

  2. Ella Raines

    Libby

  3. Raymond Walburn

    Mayor Everett J. Noble

  4. William Demarest

    Sgt. Heppelfinger

  5. Franklin Pangborn

    Reception Committee Chairman

  6. Elizabeth Patterson

    Martha - Libby's Aunt

  7. Georgia Caine

    Mrs. Truesmith

  8. Al Bridge

    Political Boss

  9. Freddie Steele

    Bugsy

  10. Bill Edwards

    Forrest Noble

  11. Harry Hayden

    Doc Bissell

  12. Jimmy Conlin

    Judge Dennis

  13. Jimmie Dundee

    Cpl. Candida

  14. Chester Conklin

    Western Union Man (uncredited)

  15. Eddie Hall

    Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)

  16. Tom McGuire

    Town Councilman (uncredited)

  17. Frank Moran

    Town Painter (uncredited)

  18. Dewey Robinson

    Train Conductor (uncredited)

  19. Robert Warwick

    Marine Colonel (uncredited)

  20. Miriam Nelson

    Tap Dancer (uncredited)

  21. Esther Howard

    Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)

  22. Bess Flowers

    Woman at Train Station (uncredited)

  23. Torben Meyer

    Mr. Schultz (uncredited)

  24. Arthur Hoyt

    Rev. Upperman (uncredited)

  25. George Anderson

    Bartender (uncredited)

  26. Nora Cecil

    Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

  27. Pauline Drake

    Telephone Operator (uncredited)

  28. Dot Farley

    Mamie's Mother (uncredited)

  29. Jim Farley

    Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

  30. Franklyn Farnum

    Town Councilman (uncredited)

  31. Maxine Fife

    Daughter of Colonel (uncredited)

  32. Julie Gibson

    Singer (uncredited)

  33. Kenneth Gibson

    Town Councilman (uncredited)

  34. Stephen Gregory

    Pfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)

  35. Mildred Harris

    Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)

  36. Len Hendry

    Pfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)

  37. Earl Hunsaker

    One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

  38. Henry Iblings

    One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

  39. Tiny Jones

    Townswoman (uncredited)

  40. Dudley Kuzelle

    One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

  41. Philo McCullough

    Town Councilman (uncredited)

  42. George Melford

    Sheriff (uncredited)

  43. Charles R. Moore

    The Porter (uncredited)

  44. Marjean Neville

    Mamie (uncredited)

  45. Jack Norton

    Second Bandleader (uncredited)

  46. Harry 'Snub' Pollard

    Townsman (uncredited)

  47. Paul Porcasi

    Cafe Owner (uncredited)

  48. Victor Potel

    Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)

  49. Merrill Rodin

    Alfie (uncredited)

  50. John Sinclair

    American Legion Bandleader (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 51 , Crews : 48

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Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) 101 Min

ALL 08/09/1944 (en)
Comedy, War
  • Release 08/09/1944
  • Production
    Paramount Pictures
  • Original title Hail the Conquering Hero
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

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.

  1. Preston Sturges

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Stuart Gilmore

    Editor

  4. Preston Sturges

    Producer



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