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7.0 / 10 1h 41min

Comedy War

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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Review by user574siq8h2jx

HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO (Preston Sturges, 1944) ***1/2

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Review by user1888bjxoi9c

Maybe the greatest example ever of the "ensemble film."

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Review by StarryNightSky

Brilliant gem from Preston Sturges

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Review by user64w4aon65j

A strange omission in the DVD version

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Review by Moon

One of the Greatest Comedies Ever Made During the War

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Review by user511r2nxjc0s

Preston Sturges just could not go wrong

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Review by user924ce00kmy8

By far my favorite Sturges film.

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Review by ThunderousThylacine

Fun even now and quite daring for 1945.

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Review by user884s10qhwha

What If Eddie Bracken Tried To Get Veteran's Benefits Later On?

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Review by user1270qxy0n1d

The film title sums up the gross overreaction of a small town to the return of a fraudulent native son hero

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Review by user484955zvy55

Those ain't lies! Those are campaign promises! They expect 'em!

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Review by user8641p3o9m52

Superlative Preston Sturges farce

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Review by DaringDove

Nice film from Preston Sturges!

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Review by user5597f29c8x2

Hilarious comedy skewering many of WWII's sacred cows.

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