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.
Hail the Conquering Hero has generally received very positive reviews.
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Hail the Conquering Hero was released in 1944 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 44 reviews, giving Hail the Conquering Hero (1944) an average rating of 77%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 86%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 72%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Hail the Conquering Hero than critics were.
With a score of 77%, Hail the Conquering Hero is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1944, which stands at 60%.
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