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Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) 7.7
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) delays the return to his hometown, feeling ... See full summary » Director:Preston SturgesWriter:Preston Sturges |
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Woodrow Truesmith
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Raymond Walburn | ... |
Mayor Noble
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Reception Committee Chairman
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Martha - Libby's Aunt
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Mrs. Truesmith
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Al Bridge | ... |
Political Boss
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Freddie Steele | ... |
Bugsy
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Forrest Noble
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Harry Hayden | ... |
Doc Bissell
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Judge Dennis
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Cpl. Candida
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Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) 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. They make him wear a uniform complete with medals and is pushed by his new friends into accepting a Hero's welcome when he gets home where he is to be immortalized by a statue that he doesn't want, has songs written about his heroic battle stories, and ends up unwillingly running for mayor. Despite his best efforts to explain the truth, no one will listen. Written by J. Adam Ingle
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MIRACLES DO HAPPEN! (original print ad - all caps)Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
9 August 1944 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Herói de Mentira See more »Company Credits
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Mayor Everett D. Noble: But, that's disgraceful!
Political Boss: I know it, but that's how it is - and the way it is, it don't look so good.
Mayor Everett D. Noble: You mean he actually has a chance?
Political Boss: A chance? Did you ever see a snowslide?
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(1747) (uncredited)
from "Judas Maccabeus"
Written by George Frideric Handel
Played at the railroad station
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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. See more »Goofs
Early in the movie, in the nightclub, there's a shot of a man sitting at a table eating a sandwich. After a quick cutaway the man is smoking and the sandwich is on his plate...untouched. See more »Quotes
Political Boss: [telling the mayor that Woodrow will be a write-in candidate] You can take it from me. This is a free country. They can vote for anybody they like.Mayor Everett D. Noble: But, that's disgraceful!
Political Boss: I know it, but that's how it is - and the way it is, it don't look so good.
Mayor Everett D. Noble: You mean he actually has a chance?
Political Boss: A chance? Did you ever see a snowslide?
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Soundtracks
"Hail the Conquering Hero"(1747) (uncredited)
from "Judas Maccabeus"
Written by George Frideric Handel
Played at the railroad station
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A great, great movie; one so-well written and with such astonishing momentum I can watch it twice in one sitting or just sample bits and pieces when I wish. Eddie Bracken, who was pretty hard to take in MIRACLE AT MORGAN'S CREEK, is perfect here. Raymond Walburn's performance is sheer genius; the section in which he dictates his speech first to his son and then his son's fiancee is hilarious -- a masterpiece of verbiage, characterization, and timing. Notice also, the subtle directing, such as when the camera pans in perfect time to catch the re-election poster. Beyond praise.
CONQUERING HERO packs an emotional wallop lacking, I think, in Sturges' other movies -- and I mean emotion other than joy and giddiness, of course. Bracken's speeches which frame the film are beautifully written, directed, and performed; the last speech is terribly moving.
Sturges lost his Paramount deal after this film, and never quite regained his footing. That famous clutch of films culminates here in his best film, and all his ingenuity and grace are firmly in place. God bless Preston Sturges.