Hail the Conquering Hero
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
1944 | 101m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Preston Sturges |
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| Writer: | Preston Sturges |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 09, 1944 |
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| Director: | Preston Sturges |
| Writer: | Preston Sturges |
| Genres: | Comedy, War |
| Keywords | mother, confession, small town, hero, mayor, world war ii, lie, truth, satire, war hero, u.s. marine, dead father, military discharge, false pretenses, reluctant hero, hero worship, taken under wing, hero's fall, mayoral election, allergies, return to hometown, honorable |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Eddie Bracken | Woodrow Truesmith |
| Ella Raines | Libby |
| Raymond Walburn | Mayor Everett J. Noble |
| William Demarest | Sgt. Heppelfinger |
| Franklin Pangborn | Reception Committee Chairman |
| Elizabeth Patterson | Martha - Libby's Aunt |
| Georgia Caine | Mrs. Truesmith |
| Al Bridge | Political Boss |
| Freddie Steele | Bugsy |
| Bill Edwards | Forrest Noble |
| Harry Hayden | Doc Bissell |
| Jimmy Conlin | Judge Dennis |
| Jimmie Dundee | Cpl. Candida |
| Chester Conklin | Western Union Man (uncredited) |
| Eddie Hall | Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited) |
| Tom McGuire | Town Councilman (uncredited) |
| Frank Moran | Town Painter (uncredited) |
| Dewey Robinson | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
| Robert Warwick | Marine Colonel (uncredited) |
| Miriam Nelson | Tap Dancer (uncredited) |
| Esther Howard | Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited) |
| Bess Flowers | Woman at Train Station (uncredited) |
| Torben Meyer | Mr. Schultz (uncredited) |
| Arthur Hoyt | Rev. Upperman (uncredited) |
| George Anderson | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Nora Cecil | Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited) |
| Pauline Drake | Telephone Operator (uncredited) |
| Dot Farley | Mamie's Mother (uncredited) |
| Jim Farley | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
| Franklyn Farnum | Town Councilman (uncredited) |
| Maxine Fife | Daughter of Colonel (uncredited) |
| Julie Gibson | Singer (uncredited) |
| Kenneth Gibson | Town Councilman (uncredited) |
| Stephen Gregory | Pfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited) |
| Mildred Harris | Wife of Marine Colonel (uncredited) |
| Len Hendry | Pfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited) |
| Earl Hunsaker | One of the Guardsmen (uncredited) |
| Henry Iblings | One of the Guardsmen (uncredited) |
| Tiny Jones | Townswoman (uncredited) |
| Dudley Kuzelle | One of the Guardsmen (uncredited) |
| Philo McCullough | Town Councilman (uncredited) |
| George Melford | Sheriff (uncredited) |
| Charles R. Moore | The Porter (uncredited) |
| Marjean Neville | Mamie (uncredited) |
| Jack Norton | Second Bandleader (uncredited) |
| Harry 'Snub' Pollard | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Paul Porcasi | Cafe Owner (uncredited) |
| Victor Potel | Progressive Bandleader (uncredited) |
| Merrill Rodin | Alfie (uncredited) |
| John Sinclair | American Legion Bandleader (uncredited) |
| Hal Taggart | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Preston Sturges | Director, Writer |
| Stuart Gilmore | Editor |
| Werner R. Heymann | Original Music Composer |
| Haldane Douglas | Art Direction |
| Stephen Seymour | Set Decoration |
| Wallace Nogle | Sound Recordist |
| Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Warren Hoag | Electrician |
| Harlow Stengel | Assistant Camera |
| John F. Seitz | Director of Photography |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Robert Mayo | Casting |
| Dick Johnson | Makeup Artist |
| Web Overlander | Makeup Artist |
| Gertrude Reade | Hairstylist |
| Harve Foster | Assistant Director |
| Howard Joslin | Second Assistant Director |
| John Robert Murphy | Second Assistant Director |
| Evelyn Glatt | Assistant Set Dresser |
| Joe Keller | Props |
| Oscar Lau | Props |
| John MacNeil | Assistant Set Dresser |
| Walter Oberst | Sound Recordist |
| Gene Merritt | Sound Mixer |
| August Van Koughnet | Sound Recordist |
| William Austin | Grip |
| Ray Guy | Electrician |
| Gene Liggett | Assistant Camera |
| Walter McLeod | Grip |
| Otto Pierce | Second Assistant Camera |
| William Rand | Second Assistant Camera |
| Theodor Sparkuhl | Camera Operator |
| Chet Stafford | Gaffer |
| Walt Taylor | Gaffer |
| Louis Brown | Wardrobe Master |
| Eugene Joseff | Other |
| Sigmund Krumgold | Music Director |
| Joseph J. Lilley | Additional Music |
| Paul Marquardt | Orchestrator |
| George Parrish | Orchestrator |
| Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |
| Victor Young | Additional Music |
| La Prele Jones | Script Supervisor |
| Teet Carle | Publicist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Buddy G. DeSylva | Executive Producer |
| Preston Sturges | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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