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Hail the Conquering Hero (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.

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Masorad ( 04 Dec 2007

A simple and perfect comic premise is employed to skewer America's obsession with hero-worship. It's gentle satire alongside the sentimental laughfest, sure, but thematically the film belongs with Kazan's "A Face in the Crowd" or Redford's "The Candidate."

Craig Dylan W 01 Jul 2012

Watching this film the same week as the Supreme Court decided US v. Alvarez was a coincidence, but it gives me the chance to use my freedom of speech to say that individuals that falsely claim to have earned war medals do more than make a false statement, they lessen the value of the medals that have been earned and spit on the graves at Arlington, at Normandy and elsewhere. Shame on the majority of the US Supreme Court for not recognizing that.

jay n 26 Mar 2010

I really like Preston Sturges movies and this is one that I had missed till now. Eddie Bracken is the same kind of guy he usually plays... and it's funny in this one, too. He gets a medical discharge from the marines for hay fever and he is embarrassed, so he doesn't go home. He runs into WIlliam Demarest and his five marine buddies and buys them all drinks. They learn that he was lying to his mother and telling her he was overseas, and they concoct this plan to sneak him home in a uniform so his mom thinks he's a hero. The only problem is she told a few people and the entire town is there at the station waiting to welcome home the hero and the next thing you know, he's being nominated as a candidate for mayor. One little lie gets bigger and bigger and even though it's a bit predictable, it's fun to watch and the dialog is just very entertaining to listen to.

Arun D 10 Nov 2007

Another "Written and directed by Preston Sturges" movie. It doesn't need any more explanation.

Art S 08 Jun 2013

Una disparatada y brillante comedia sobre el heroismo y el patriotismo, a cargo de Preston Sturges y que incluye el inconfundible sello personal de su director: Enredos, risas y mucho corazon.