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Hail the Conquering Hero

  • Comedy
  • War

August 9, 1944 (US)

1h 41m

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN!

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 ...

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