| Uniform Title |
Hail the conquering hero (Motion picture : 1944) |
| Title |
Hail the conquering hero. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment, ©2023. |
| ©1944 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (101 minutes) : sound, black and white; 12 cm |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID4794. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1944. |
| Credits |
Directed and written by Preston Sturges. |
| Performers |
Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest. |
| Summary |
Like his war-hero father who was killed in action during World War I, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) leaves his small town to join the Marines during World War II. But when he's given a medical discharge after only a month, he takes a job at a San Diego shipyard and writes letters to his mother about his fictitious wartime exploits. When he returns home, he discovers that his innocent lies have spread further than he expected. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Audio 2.0 dual mono ; NTSC ; Region 4 ; Widescreen 16:9 ; 1.33:1. |
| Language note |
English. No subtitles. |
| Subjects |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama |
| Truthfulness and falsehood -- Drama |
| Man-woman relationships -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Genre |
Comedy films |
| War films |
| Fiction films |
| Feature films |
| Other Names |
Sturges, Preston screenwriter, director. |
| Bracken, Eddie, 1915-2002 actor. |
| Raines, Ella, 1920-1988 actor. |
| Demarest, William actor. |
| Series |
Combat classics |
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