- HD 1080
- Runtime: 101m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Preston Sturges
- Stars: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn
- keywords: small town, mother, hero, truth, confession, world war ii, mayor, lie, 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, u.s. marine corps, honorable
- Production_studio: Paramount Pictures
- Slogan: MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
- The Hail the Conquering Hero is featured in the top rankings of 1944
- #6 in Top Comedy Movies of 1944
- #3 in Top War Movies of 1944
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.