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Hail the Conquering Hero

7.0 101 mins Comedy   War   1944
Paramount Pictures  
Director(s): Preston Sturges

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.

Casts of Hail the Conquering Hero

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

Harry Hayden

as Doc Bissell

Jimmy Conlin

as Judge Dennis

Jimmie Dundee

as Cpl. Candida

Chester Conklin

as Western Union Man (uncredited)

Eddie Hall

as Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)

Tom McGuire

as Town Councilman (uncredited)

Frank Moran

as Town Painter (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Robert Warwick

as Marine Colonel (uncredited)

Miriam Nelson

as Tap Dancer (uncredited)

Esther Howard

as Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Woman at Train Station (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt

as Rev. Upperman (uncredited)

George Anderson

as Bartender (uncredited)

Nora Cecil

as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

Pauline Drake

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Dot Farley

as Mamie's Mother (uncredited)

Jim Farley

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

as Town Councilman (uncredited)

Maxine Fife

as Daughter of Colonel (uncredited)

Julie Gibson

as Singer (uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson

as Town Councilman (uncredited)

Stephen Gregory

as Pfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)

Mildred Harris

as Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)

Len Hendry

as Pfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)

Earl Hunsaker

as One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

Henry Iblings

as One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

Tiny Jones

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Dudley Kuzelle

as One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

as Town Councilman (uncredited)

George Melford

as Sheriff (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore

as The Porter (uncredited)

Marjean Neville

as Mamie (uncredited)

Jack Norton

as Second Bandleader (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

as Townsman (uncredited)

Paul Porcasi

as Cafe Owner (uncredited)

Victor Potel

as Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)

Merrill Rodin

as Alfie (uncredited)

John Sinclair

as American Legion Bandleader (uncredited)

Hal Taggart

as Townsman (uncredited)

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