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Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero

1944, Movie, 1h 41min

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.

Country: United States

Director:

Preston Sturges

Cast:

Franklyn Farnum,

Franklin Pangborn,

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Hail the Conquering Hero include To Be or Not to Be, The Flying Deuces, The Great Dictator, Gunga Din, Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Salute to the Marines.