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Hail the Conquering Hero · LeviOsa

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1944·NR

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

ComedyWar1h 41m

🍅95%

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95%

Tomatometer

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84%

Popcornmeter

7.1

TMDB

Storyline

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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Details

DirectorPreston Sturges

ReleasedAug 9, 1944

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNRUS

Studio

Paramount Pictures

Cast

Eddie Bracken

Eddie Bracken

Woodrow Truesmith

Ella Raines

Ella Raines

Libby

Raymond Walburn

Raymond Walburn

Mayor Everett J. Noble

William Demarest

William Demarest

Sgt. Heppelfinger

Franklin Pangborn

Franklin Pangborn

Reception Committee Chairman

Elizabeth Patterson

Elizabeth Patterson

Martha - Libby's Aunt

Georgia Caine

Georgia Caine

Mrs. Truesmith

Al Bridge

Al Bridge

Political Boss

Freddie Steele

Freddie Steele

Bugsy

Bill Edwards

Bill Edwards

Forrest Noble

Harry Hayden

Harry Hayden

Doc Bissell

Jimmy Conlin

Jimmy Conlin

Judge Dennis

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Reviews

8 reviews · 6 critics · 1 fan

7 fresh · 0 rotten

V

Variety Staff

RTVarietyNov 13, 2007

The deft hand of Preston Sturges molded this film, further proof that he is one of the industry's best writer-directors.

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Tom Milne

RTTime OutFeb 9, 2006

Wonderful satire on small-town jingoism, all the more remarkable in that it was made during World War II.

B

Bosley Crowther

RTNew York TimesMay 20, 2003

This riotously funny motion picture, this superlative small-town comedy, is also one of the wisest ever to burst from a big-time studio.

D

Dennis Harvey

RT48 HillsJul 31, 2023

Not only is your cinematic education woefully incomplete, but your life has missed the boat on several hours of pure pleasure...

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Information

Title

Hail the Conquering Hero

Released

Aug 9, 1944

Rated

NR

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 41m

Status

Released

Studio

Paramount Pictures

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