Hail the Conquering Hero

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Eddie Bracken Woodrow Truesmith

Ella Raines Libby

Raymond Walburn Mayor Everett J. Noble

William Demarest Sgt. Heppelfinger

Franklin Pangborn Reception Committee Chairman