Hail the Conquering Hero
Preston Sturges / US, 1943 / 101 min.
‘The dialogue explodes like fireworks’, wrote film critic Pauline Kael about Preston Sturges’ ironic look at America’s hero worship. Comedy star Eddie Bracken plays the young navy man discharged due to hay fever who receives a hero’s welcome.
America is embroiled in World War II and Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith enthusiastically enlists with the navy. Declared medically unfit inside a month due to hay fever, he has no choice but to return home in dishonour. Six veterans, who survived the battle for Guadalcanal, help Truesmith out by turning him into a war hero.
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Director
Preston Sturges
Production year
1943
Country
US
Original title
Hail the Conquering Hero
Length
101 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
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Written and Directed by Preston Sturges
Preston Sturges is one of Hollywood’s Big Names. He took the thirties screwball comedy genre to new heights, with dialogue that still sounds surprisingly natural and mature today.
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