Hail the Conquering Hero
movie
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
Released August 09, 1944
Overview
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.
Cast
Eddie Bracken
as
Woodrow Truesmith
Ella Raines
as
Libby
Raymond Walburn
as
Mayor Everett J. Noble
William Demarest
as
Sgt. Heppelfinger
Franklin Pangborn
as
Reception Committee Chairman
Elizabeth Patterson
as
Martha - Libby's Aunt
Georgia Caine
as
Mrs. Truesmith
Al Bridge
as
Political Boss
Freddie Steele
as
Bugsy
Bill Edwards
as
Forrest Noble
Harry Hayden
as
Doc Bissell
Jimmy Conlin
as
Judge Dennis
Crew
Preston Sturges
as
Writer
Wally Westmore
as
Makeup Artist
Preston Sturges
as
Director
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Stuart Gilmore
as
Editor
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Haldane Douglas
as
Art Direction
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Werner R. Heymann
as
Original Music Composer
Edith Head
as
Costume Design
John F. Seitz
as
Director of Photography
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Hans Dreier
as
Art Direction
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Stephen Seymour
as
Set Decoration
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Warren Hoag
as
Electrician
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Wallace Nogle
as
Sound Recordist