Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) HD
IMDB:
7.0 (TMDb)
Released:
1944-08-09
Runtime:
101 min
Genres:
Comedy, War
Countries:
United States of America
Director:
Preston Sturges
Actors:
Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson, Georgia Caine, Al Bridge
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.
