Hail the Conquering Hero
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.
Top Billed Cast
Eddie Bracken
Woodrow Truesmith
Ella Raines
Libby
Raymond Walburn
Mayor Everett J. Noble
William Demarest
Sgt. Heppelfinger
Franklin Pangborn
Reception Committee Chairman
Featured Crew
Preston Sturges
Writer
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Haldane Douglas
Art Direction
Preston Sturges
Director
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist
Stuart Gilmore
Editor
Werner R. Heymann
Original Music Composer
Stephen Seymour
Set Decoration
Warren Hoag
Electrician
Wallace Nogle
Sound Recordist
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