Toy Story 5
2026 · Animation · Family
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Film / 1944
Hail the Conquering Hero
Directed by
Preston Sturges
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Eddie BrackenWoodrow Truesmith
Ella RainesLibby
Raymond WalburnMayor Everett J. Noble
William DemarestSgt. Heppelfinger
Franklin PangbornReception Committee Chairman
Elizabeth PattersonMartha - Libby's Aunt
Georgia CaineMrs. Truesmith
Al BridgePolitical Boss
Freddie SteeleBugsy
Bill EdwardsForrest Noble
Harry HaydenDoc Bissell
Jimmy ConlinJudge Dennis
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Jimmie DundeeCpl. Candida
Chester ConklinWestern Union Man (uncredited)
Eddie HallMan Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited)
Tom McGuireTown Councilman (uncredited)
Frank MoranTown Painter (uncredited)
Dewey RobinsonTrain Conductor (uncredited)
Robert WarwickMarine Colonel (uncredited)
Miriam NelsonTap Dancer (uncredited)
Esther HowardMrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
Bess FlowersWoman at Train Station (uncredited)
Torben MeyerMr. Schultz (uncredited)
Arthur HoytRev. Upperman (uncredited)
George AndersonBartender (uncredited)
Nora CecilTrain Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
Pauline DrakeTelephone Operator (uncredited)
Dot FarleyMamie's Mother (uncredited)
Jim FarleyUndetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Franklyn FarnumTown Councilman (uncredited)
Maxine FifeDaughter of Colonel (uncredited)
Julie GibsonSinger (uncredited)
Kenneth GibsonTown Councilman (uncredited)
Stephen GregoryPfc. Bill Swenson (uncredited)
Mildred HarrisWife of Marine Colonel (uncredited)
Len HendryPfc. Juke Gillette (uncredited)
Earl HunsakerOne of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Henry IblingsOne of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Tiny JonesTownswoman (uncredited)
Dudley KuzelleOne of the Guardsmen (uncredited)
Philo McCulloughTown Councilman (uncredited)
George MelfordSheriff (uncredited)
Charles R. MooreThe Porter (uncredited)
Marjean NevilleMamie (uncredited)
Jack NortonSecond Bandleader (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' PollardTownsman (uncredited)
Paul PorcasiCafe Owner (uncredited)
Victor PotelProgressive Bandleader (uncredited)
Merrill RodinAlfie (uncredited)
John SinclairAmerican Legion Bandleader (uncredited)
Hal TaggartTownsman (uncredited)
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