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Hail the Conquering Hero
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7.0
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Comedy/War
1h 41m
1944

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....

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Hail the Conquering Hero
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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.

  • DirectorPreston Sturges
  • Release9 August 1944
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  • Duration1h 41m
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    Paramount Pictures

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