Hail the Conquering Hero

1944

English

7.6

♡ 4

95%

Preston Sturges Director

Ella Raines as Libby

Kenneth Gibson as Town Councilman

Hal Taggart as Townsman

Eddie Bracken as Woodrow Truesmith

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.