Hail the Conquering Hero

Name: Hail the Conquering Hero
Director: Preston Sturges
Genre: Comedy, War
Released: 1944-08-09
Duration: 1 h 41 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn

Directed by Preston Sturges

Comedy

War

19441h 41m7.1

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.