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Hail the Conquering Hero
MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!
7.1(79)19441h 41m
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
- Created by
- Buddy G. DeSylva
- Writers
- Preston Sturges
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Cast
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)
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Crew
Directing
- Preston SturgesDirector
- Harve FosterAssistant Director
- Howard JoslinSecond Assistant Director
- John Robert MurphySecond Assistant Director
- La Prele JonesScript Supervisor
Writing
- Preston SturgesWriter
Production
- Buddy G. DeSylvaExecutive Producer
- Preston SturgesProducer
- Robert MayoCasting
- Teet CarlePublicist
Camera
- John F. SeitzDirector of Photography
- Harlow StengelAssistant Camera
- William AustinGrip
- Gene LiggettAssistant Camera
- Walter McLeodGrip
- Otto PierceSecond Assistant Camera
- William RandSecond Assistant Camera
- Theodor SparkuhlCamera Operator
Editing
- Stuart GilmoreEditor
Sound
- Werner R. HeymannOriginal Music Composer
- Wallace NogleSound Recordist
- Walter OberstSound Recordist
- Gene MerrittSound Mixer
- August Van KoughnetSound Recordist
- Sigmund KrumgoldMusic Director
- Paul MarquardtOrchestrator
- George ParrishOrchestrator
- Leo ShukenOrchestrator
Art
- Hans DreierArt Direction
- Haldane DouglasArt Direction
- Stephen SeymourSet Decoration
- Evelyn GlattAssistant Set Dresser
- Joe KellerProps
- Oscar LauProps
- John MacNeilAssistant Set Dresser
Costume & Make-Up
- Edith HeadCostume Design
- Wally WestmoreMakeup Artist
- Dick JohnsonMakeup Artist
- Web OverlanderMakeup Artist
- Gertrude ReadeHairstylist
- Louis BrownWardrobe Master
- Eugene JoseffOther
Crew
- Joseph J. LilleyAdditional Music
- Victor YoungAdditional Music
Lighting
- Warren HoagElectrician
- Ray GuyElectrician
- Chet StaffordGaffer
- Walt TaylorGaffer