Hail the Conquering Hero

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

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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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Creators

Preston Sturges

director

Preston Sturges

writer

Cast

Eddie Bracken actor

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Ella Raines actor Raymond Walburn actor William Demarest actor Franklin Pangborn actor

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Elizabeth Patterson actor

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Georgia Caine actor

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Al Bridge actor

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Freddie Steele actor

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Bill Edwards actor

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Harry Hayden actor Jimmy Conlin actor

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Jimmie Dundee actor

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Chester Conklin actor Eddie Hall actor

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Tom McGuire actor Frank Moran actor

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Dewey Robinson actor

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Robert Warwick actor

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Miriam Nelson actor