Hail the Conquering Hero

    Hail the Conquering Hero
    1944

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Eddie BrackenWoodrow Truesmith
    • Ella RainesLibby
    • Raymond WalburnMayor Everett D. Noble
    • William DemarestSgt. Heppelfinger
    • Franklin PangbornReception Committee Chairman
    • Elizabeth PattersonMartha - Libby's Aunt
    • Georgia CaineMrs. Truesmith
    • Al BridgePolitical Boss
    • Freddie SteeleBugsy
    • Bill EdwardsForrest Noble

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