Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) – Trailer & Where to Watch

Name: Hail the Conquering Hero
Rating: 7.2

MOVIE ★ 7.2/10 1944 1h 41m ComedyWar

“MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!”

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.

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Cast

Eddie Bracken as Woodrow Truesmith, Ella Raines as Libby, Raymond Walburn as Mayor Everett J. Noble, William Demarest as Sgt. Heppelfinger, Franklin Pangborn as Reception Committee Chairman, Elizabeth Patterson as Martha - Libby's Aunt, Georgia Caine as Mrs. Truesmith, Al Bridge as Political Boss, Freddie Steele as Bugsy, Bill Edwards as Forrest Noble