
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
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.
Production Companies

Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 2.366 |
Directed By
Preston Sturges
Crew
Preston Sturges
Hans Dreier
Haldane Douglas
Preston Sturges
John F. Seitz
Edith Head
Wally Westmore
Stuart Gilmore
Werner R. Heymann
Stephen Seymour
Warren Hoag
Wallace Nogle
Harlow Stengel
Buddy G. DeSylva
Preston Sturges
Robert Mayo
Dick Johnson
Web Overlander
Gertrude Reade
Harve Foster
Howard Joslin
John Robert Murphy
Evelyn Glatt
Joe Keller
Oscar Lau
John MacNeil
Walter Oberst
Gene Merritt
August Van Koughnet
William Austin
Ray Guy
Gene Liggett
Walter McLeod
Otto Pierce
William Rand
Theodor Sparkuhl
Chet Stafford
Walt Taylor
Louis Brown
Eugene Joseff
Sigmund Krumgold
Joseph J. Lilley
Paul Marquardt
George Parrish
Leo Shuken
Victor Young
La Prele Jones
Teet Carle
TOP CAST

Eddie Bracken
Woodrow Truesmith

Ella Raines
Libby

Raymond Walburn
Mayor Everett J. Noble

William Demarest
Sgt. Heppelfinger

Franklin Pangborn
Reception Committee Chairman

Elizabeth Patterson
Martha - Libby's Aunt

Georgia Caine
Mrs. Truesmith

Al Bridge
Political Boss

Freddie Steele
Bugsy

Bill Edwards
Forrest Noble
Harry Hayden
Doc Bissell

Jimmy Conlin
Judge Dennis
Jimmie Dundee
Cpl. Candida

Chester Conklin
Western Union Man (uncredited)

Eddie Hall
Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)

Tom McGuire
Town Councilman (uncredited)

Frank Moran
Town Painter (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson
Train Conductor (uncredited)

Robert Warwick
Marine Colonel (uncredited)

Miriam Nelson
Tap Dancer (uncredited)

Esther Howard
Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Woman at Train Station (uncredited)

Torben Meyer
Mr. Schultz (uncredited)

Arthur Hoyt
Rev. Upperman (uncredited)
George Anderson
Bartender (uncredited)

Nora Cecil
Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Pauline Drake
Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Dot Farley
Mamie's Mother (uncredited)

Jim Farley
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Maxine Fife
Daughter of Colonel (uncredited)

Julie Gibson
Singer (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Town Councilman (uncredited)
Stephen Gregory
Pfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)

Mildred Harris
Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Len Hendry
Pfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)
Earl Hunsaker
One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Henry Iblings
One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Townswoman (uncredited)
Dudley Kuzelle
One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

Philo McCullough
Town Councilman (uncredited)

George Melford
Sheriff (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore
The Porter (uncredited)
Marjean Neville
Mamie (uncredited)

Jack Norton
Second Bandleader (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Townsman (uncredited)

Paul Porcasi
Cafe Owner (uncredited)

Victor Potel
Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
Merrill Rodin
Alfie (uncredited)
John Sinclair
American Legion Bandleader (uncredited)