Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

  • Genre: Comedy, War
  • Release Date: 1944-08-09
  • User Rating: 7.008/10 from 66 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 41min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Preston Sturges
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From 66 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Eddie Bracken

    as Woodrow Truesmith

  • Ella Raines

    as Libby

  • Raymond Walburn

    as Mayor Everett J. Noble

  • William Demarest

    as Sgt. Heppelfinger

  • Franklin Pangborn

    as Reception Committee Chairman

  • Elizabeth Patterson

    as Martha - Libby's Aunt

  • Georgia Caine

    as Mrs. Truesmith

  • Al Bridge

    as Political Boss

  • Freddie Steele

    as Bugsy

  • Bill Edwards

    as Forrest Noble

  • Harry Hayden

    as Doc Bissell

  • Jimmy Conlin

    as Judge Dennis

  • Jimmie Dundee

    as Cpl. Candida

  • Chester Conklin

    as Western Union Man (uncredited)

  • Eddie Hall

    as Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)

  • Tom McGuire

    as Town Councilman (uncredited)

  • Frank Moran

    as Town Painter (uncredited)

  • Dewey Robinson

    as Train Conductor (uncredited)

  • Robert Warwick

    as Marine Colonel (uncredited)

  • Miriam Nelson

    as Tap Dancer (uncredited)

  • Esther Howard

    as Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)

  • Bess Flowers

    as Woman at Train Station (uncredited)

  • Torben Meyer

    as Mr. Schultz (uncredited)

  • Arthur Hoyt

    as Rev. Upperman (uncredited)

  • George Anderson

    as Bartender (uncredited)

  • Nora Cecil

    as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)

  • Pauline Drake

    as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

  • Dot Farley

    as Mamie's Mother (uncredited)

  • Jim Farley

    as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

  • Franklyn Farnum

    as Town Councilman (uncredited)

  • Maxine Fife

    as Daughter of Colonel (uncredited)

  • Julie Gibson

    as Singer (uncredited)

  • Kenneth Gibson

    as Town Councilman (uncredited)

  • Stephen Gregory

    as Pfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)

  • Mildred Harris

    as Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)

  • Len Hendry

    as Pfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)

  • Earl Hunsaker

    as One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

  • Henry Iblings

    as One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

  • Tiny Jones

    as Townswoman (uncredited)

  • Dudley Kuzelle

    as One of the Guardsmen (uncredited)

  • Philo McCullough

    as Town Councilman (uncredited)

  • George Melford

    as Sheriff (uncredited)

  • Charles R. Moore

    as The Porter (uncredited)

  • Marjean Neville

    as Mamie (uncredited)

  • Jack Norton

    as Second Bandleader (uncredited)

  • Harry 'Snub' Pollard

    as Townsman (uncredited)

  • Paul Porcasi

    as Cafe Owner (uncredited)

  • Victor Potel

    as Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)

  • Merrill Rodin

    as Alfie (uncredited)

  • John Sinclair

    as American Legion Bandleader (uncredited)

  • Hal Taggart

    as Townsman (uncredited)
Writing Preston Sturges Writer
Costume & Make-Up Wally Westmore Makeup Artist
Directing Preston Sturges Director
Editing Stuart Gilmore Editor
Art Haldane Douglas Art Direction
Sound Werner R. Heymann Original Music Composer
Costume & Make-Up Edith Head Costume Design
Camera John F. Seitz Director of Photography
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Art Stephen Seymour Set Decoration
Lighting Warren Hoag Electrician
Sound Wallace Nogle Sound Recordist
Camera Harlow Stengel Assistant Camera
Production Buddy G. DeSylva Executive Producer
Production Preston Sturges Producer
Production Robert Mayo Casting
Costume & Make-Up Dick Johnson Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Web Overlander Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Gertrude Reade Hairstylist
Directing Harve Foster Assistant Director
Directing Howard Joslin Second Assistant Director
Directing John Robert Murphy Second Assistant Director
Art Evelyn Glatt Assistant Set Dresser
Art Joe Keller Props
Art Oscar Lau Props
Art John MacNeil Assistant Set Dresser
Sound Walter Oberst Sound Recordist
Sound Gene Merritt Sound Mixer
Sound August Van Koughnet Sound Recordist
Camera William Austin Grip
Lighting Ray Guy Electrician
Camera Gene Liggett Assistant Camera
Camera Walter McLeod Grip
Camera Otto Pierce Second Assistant Camera
Camera William Rand Second Assistant Camera
Camera Theodor Sparkuhl Camera Operator
Lighting Chet Stafford Gaffer
Lighting Walt Taylor Gaffer
Costume & Make-Up Louis Brown Wardrobe Master
Costume & Make-Up Eugene Joseff Other
Sound Sigmund Krumgold Music Director
Crew Joseph J. Lilley Additional Music
Sound Paul Marquardt Orchestrator
Sound George Parrish Orchestrator
Sound Leo Shuken Orchestrator
Crew Victor Young Additional Music
Directing La Prele Jones Script Supervisor
Production Teet Carle Publicist

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