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Hail the Conquering Hero
Hail the Conquering Hero
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HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO

Directed by Preston Sturges
United States, 1944
Comedy, War

Synopsis

Eddie Bracken plays the son of a World War I Marine hero who is the first in his small town to sign up for military service. When Bracken is discharged from the Marines for hay fever, he hasn’t the nerve to go home and tell his mother and the rest of the townsfolk.

Synopsis

Eddie Bracken plays the son of a World War I Marine hero who is the first in his small town to sign up for military service. When Bracken is discharged from the Marines for hay fever, he hasn’t the nerve to go home and tell his mother and the rest of the townsfolk.