Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, War
Release: 1944-09-01
Director: Preston Sturges
Writers: Preston Sturges
Language: English
Stars: Eddie Bracken , Ella Raines , Raymond Walburn , William Demarest , Franklin Pangborn , Elizabeth Patterson , Georgia Caine , Al Bridge , Freddie Steele , Bill Edwards
Runtime: 101 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 3 nominations total
AKA: Yaşasın kahramanlar (Turkey) , Ja, må han leva! (Sweden) , Laureles ajenos (Mexico) , Witajcie bohatera-zdobywcę (Poland) , Herói de Mentira (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Hail the Conquering Hero (Canada) , Heil dem siegreichen Helden , Evviva il nostro eroe (Italy) , Naj zivi junak (Slovenia) , Hail the Conquering Hero , Helten længe leve (Denmark) , ¡Salve, héroe victoriano! (Argentina) , Слава герою-победителю , Hail the Conquering Hero (Australia) , Herói de Mentira (Brazil) , Laureles ajenos (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Héros d'occasion (France, French Republic) , Salve, héroe victorioso (Spain) , Hail the Conquering Hero (United States of America) , Hail the Conquering Hero (United Kingdom) , Üdv a győztesnek (Hungary)
Plot:
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.
IMDB:tt0036891