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| Eddie Bracken | ... | Woodrow Truesmith | |
| Ella Raines | ... | Libby | |
| Raymond Walburn | ... | Mayor Everett J. Noble | |
| William Demarest | ... | Sgt. Heffelfinger | |
| Franklin Pangborn | ... | Reception Committee Chairman | |
| Elizabeth Patterson | ... | Aunt Martha | |
| Georgia Caine | ... | Mrs. Truesmith | |
| Al Bridge | ... | Political Boss | |
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Freddie Steele | ... | Bugsy |
| Bill Edwards | ... | Forrest Noble | |
| Harry Hayden | ... | Doc Bissell | |
| Jimmy Conlin | ... | Judge Dennis | |
| Jimmie Dundee | ... | 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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national film registry | screwball comedy | mayor | mother | u.s. military |Taglines:
How to Top the Records of "Miracle of Morgan's Creek" with Paramount's ["HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO"] See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
September 1944 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Herói de Mentira See more »Company Credits
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Bugsy: You got no idea!
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(1944) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Preston Sturges
Orchestral arrangement by Charles Bradshaw
Vocal arrangements by Joseph J. Lilley
Sung by Julie Gibson and The Guardsmen
Played also in the score
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"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 5, 1945 with Eddie Bracken reprising his film role. See more »Goofs
Camera shadow on the backs of citizens when Woodrow comes out of the house after being nominated for mayor. See more »Quotes
Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith: I knew the Marines could do almost anything, but I never knew they could do anything like this.Bugsy: You got no idea!
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Soundtracks
Home to the Arms of Mother(1944) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Preston Sturges
Orchestral arrangement by Charles Bradshaw
Vocal arrangements by Joseph J. Lilley
Sung by Julie Gibson and The Guardsmen
Played also in the score
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This film was delightful and fun! It will lift your spirits - as I imagine it was meant to do in 1944. I enjoy watching films made during WWII - it helps me understand the attitudes and thoughts of the people living and fighting then. The sentiment is occasionally rather precious (for a Sturges film), but that is my quibble. I have always enjoyed watching Sturges' Sullivan's Travels. Watching "Hail the Conquering Hero" has convinced me to find and view more of Sturges' films. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.