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Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero

1944 · 101 min · EN · NR · 7.2 (80 votes)
Dir. Preston Sturges · Starring Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson · Music Werner R. Heymann

“MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!”

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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.

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A charmingly awkward journey of a man wrestling with expectations. It's a wry, bittersweet look at small-town life, hero worship, and the messy truth behind the facade. Feels like a warm, slightly uncomfortable hug from your past.

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small townmotherherotruthconfessionworld war iimayorliemarine corpssatirewar herou.s. marinedead fathermilitary dischargefalse pretensesreluctant herohero worshiptaken under wing
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