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Hail the Conquering Hero   1944         N/R, 101 min. Genre: Comedy Director: Preston Sturges   Cast: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Al Bridge, Bill Edwards, Jimmie Dundee, Georgia Caine, Elizabeth Patterson, Freddie Steele, Harry Hayden, Jimmy Conlin, Chester Conklin, Esther Howard   This "hero" Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) is really a U.S. Marine Corps reject (he has hay fever!) who returns home to a town whose citizens think he is one of their returning soldiers and deserving of honor. Now, he finds himself running for mayor of the town and tries to explain that he did not serve in the Marine Corps, but he cannot convince his fellow citizens that his reputation is undeserved. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Cast Eddie Bracken Woodrow Lafayette Truesmith Ella Raines Libby Raymond Walburn Mayor Everett D. Noble William Demarest Sgt. Heppelfinger Franklin Pangborn Committee Chairman Al Bridge Political Boss Bill Edwards Forrest Noble Jimmie Dundee Cpl. Candida Georgia Caine Mrs. Truesmith Elizabeth Patterson Libby`s Auntg Freddie Steele Bugsy Harry Hayden Doc Bissell Jimmy Conlin Judge Dennis Chester Conklin Western Union Man Esther Howard Mrs. Noble