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Hail the Conquering Hero

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
Comedy, War - 1944
Hail the Conquering Hero
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7.6
95%
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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.
Director:
,
Preston Sturges
Cast:
,
Franklin Pangborn
,
William Demarest
,
Ella Raines
,
Elizabeth Patterson
,
Freddie Steele
,
Raymond Walburn
,
Eddie Bracken
,
Al Bridge
,
Georgia Caine

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Details

Rated:
Approved
Runtime:
101 min
Release date:
9 Aug 1944
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 3 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
The deft hand of Preston Sturges molded this film, further proof that he is one of the industry's best writer-directors.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
13 Nov 2007
fresh:
Wonderful satire on small-town jingoism, all the more remarkable in that it was made during World War II.
– Tom Milne,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
This riotously funny motion picture, this superlative small-town comedy, is also one of the wisest ever to burst from a big-time studio.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
A scathing delight.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
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