Hail the Conquering Hero

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

• Rated 7.2 out of 10
• Movie
• 1944
• 1h 41m
• Comedy
• War

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.

Director

Preston Sturges

Starring

Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest