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Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

Comedy War

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

Release Date: 1944, August 9
Directors: Preston Sturges
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Franklyn Farnum, Kenneth Gibson, Bess Flowers, Al Bridge, Eddie Bracken, Eddie Hall, Bill Edwards, Len Hendry, Torben Meyer, Dewey Robinson, Paul Porcasi, Harry 'Snub' Pollard

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.

Keywords:

truth world war ii reluctant hero satire hero war hero return to hometown small town mayoral election lie mother confession u.s. marine mayor honorable marine corps dead father military discharge hero worship allergies false pretenses taken under wing hero's fall