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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

Harve Foster
Assistant Director
Howard Joslin
Second Assistant Director

John Robert Murphy
Second Assistant Director
La Prele Jones
Script Supervisor


Cast

Eddie Bracken
Character: Woodrow Truesmith
Ella Raines
Character: Libby
Raymond Walburn
Character: Mayor Everett J. 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)

George Anderson
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
Character: Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Pauline Drake
Character: Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Dot Farley
Character: Mamie's Mother (uncredited)
Jim Farley
Character: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Character: Town Councilman (uncredited)

Maxine Fife
Character: Daughter of Colonel (uncredited)
Julie Gibson
Character: Singer (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Character: Town Councilman (uncredited)

Stephen Gregory
Character: Pfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)
Mildred Harris
Character: Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Len Hendry
Character: Pfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)

Earl Hunsaker
Character: One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Henry Iblings
Character: One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Character: Townswoman (uncredited)

Dudley Kuzelle
Character: One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Character: Town Councilman (uncredited)
George Melford
Character: Sheriff (uncredited)

Charles R. Moore
Character: The Porter (uncredited)
Marjean Neville
Character: Mamie (uncredited)
Jack Norton
Character: Second Bandleader (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Paul Porcasi
Character: Cafe Owner (uncredited)
Victor Potel
Character: Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)

Merrill Rodin
Character: Alfie (uncredited)
John Sinclair
Character: American Legion Bandleader (uncredited)
Hal Taggart
Character: Townsman (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Wally Westmore
Makeup Artist

Haldane Douglas
Art Direction
Werner R. Heymann
Original Music Composer
Edith Head
Costume Design

John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Stephen Seymour
Set Decoration

Warren Hoag
Electrician
Wallace Nogle
Sound Recordist
Harlow Stengel
Assistant Camera

Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer

Dick Johnson
Makeup Artist
Web Overlander
Makeup Artist
Gertrude Reade
Hairstylist

Evelyn Glatt
Assistant Set Dresser

John MacNeil
Assistant Set Dresser
Walter Oberst
Sound Recordist
Gene Merritt
Sound Mixer

August Van Koughnet
Sound Recordist
Ray Guy
Electrician

Gene Liggett
Assistant Camera
Otto Pierce
Second Assistant Camera

William Rand
Second Assistant Camera
Theodor Sparkuhl
Camera Operator

Louis Brown
Wardrobe Master

Sigmund Krumgold
Music Director
Joseph J. Lilley
Additional Music
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator

George Parrish
Orchestrator
Leo Shuken
Orchestrator
Victor Young
Additional Music

Teet Carle
Publicist