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Hail the Conquering Hero

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Calorie Rating: 142
Released: 1944-08-09
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 101 Minutes
Studios: Paramount Pictures,


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 / Directors



Cast

Eddie Bracken
Character: Woodrow Truesmith
Ella Raines
Character: Libby
Raymond Walburn
Character: Mayor Everett D. Noble

William Demarest
Character: Sgt. Heppelfinger
Franklin Pangborn
Character: Reception Committee Chairman
Elizabeth Patterson
Character: Martha - Libby's Aunt

Georgia Caine
Character: Mrs. Truesmith
Al Bridge
Character: Political Boss
Freddie Steele
Character: Bugsy

Bill Edwards
Character: Forrest Noble
Harry Hayden
Character: Doc Bissell
Jimmy Conlin
Character: Judge Dennis

Jimmie Dundee
Character: Cpl. Candida
Chester Conklin
Character: Western Union Man (uncredited)
Eddie Hall
Character: Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)

Tom McGuire
Character: Town Councilman (uncredited)
Frank Moran
Character: Town Painter (uncredited)
Dewey Robinson
Character: Train Conductor (uncredited)

Robert Warwick
Character: Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Miriam Nelson
Character: Tap Dancer (uncredited)
Esther Howard
Character: Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Character: Woman at Train Station (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Character: Mr. Schultz (uncredited)
Arthur Hoyt
Character: Rev. Upperman (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Haldane Douglas
Art Direction

Edith Head
Costume Design
Stephen Seymour
Set Decoration
Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist

John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Werner R. Heymann
Original Music Composer

Warren Hoag
Electrician
Wallace Nogle
Sound Recordist
Harlow Stengel
Assistant Camera