Hail the Conquering Hero

7.6

/10

1h 41mComedy War

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) 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.Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a momen... Read more

Starring Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson, Georgia Caine, Al Bridge, Freddie Steele, Bill Edwards

Watch "Hail the Conquering Hero" from streaming services Google Play, Apple TV+ (itunes) released in 1944. It's a comedy and war movie, and has a rating of 7.6 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.