Hail the Conquering Hero
1944 · directed by Preston Sturges
- Rating
- 82/100
- Hit
- yes
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.
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944), directed by Preston Sturges, rates 82/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Eddie Bracken
- Ella Raines
- Raymond Walburn
- William Demarest
- Franklin Pangborn
- Elizabeth Patterson
- Georgia Caine
- Al Bridge
- Freddie Steele
- Bill Edwards
Crew
- John F. Seitz — Director of Photography
- Stuart Gilmore — Editor
- Werner R. Heymann — Original Music Composer
- Preston Sturges — Writer
More from Preston Sturges
- Sullivan's Travels (1941) — 93/100 · hit
- The Lady Eve (1941) — 84/100 · hit
- Unfaithfully Yours (1948) — 84/100 · hit
- The Great McGinty (1940) — 83/100 · hit
- The Palm Beach Story (1942) — 82/100 · hit
- Christmas in July (1940) — 81/100 · hit
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