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Hail the Conquering Hero

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Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)

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Reviews Counted: 18 Fresh: 18  Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Synopsis:
In Preston Sturges's ironic comedy HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO, a soldier who is discharged from the army for hay fever is welcomed home as a brave war hero. [More]
In Preston Sturges's ironic comedy HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO, a soldier who is discharged from the army for hay fever is welcomed home as a brave war hero. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Raymond Walburn

Director: Preston Sturges
Screenwriter: Preston Sturges
Composer: Werner Richard Heymann
Producer: Preston Sturges

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Nov 15, 1990

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The premier comedy writer-director of 1940s Hollywood strikes again!

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11/13/07 02:48 PM
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The deft hand of Preston Sturges molded this film, further proof that he is one of the industry's best writer-directors.

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11/13/07 02:47 PM
Variety Staff
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...half a Sturges is better than no Sturges at all.

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01/30/07 07:11 PM
Chris Barsanti
Filmcritic.com
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Sturges turns upside down the conventions of Hollywood's portraiture of small-town life: His characters' eccentricity is meant to show the more multifarious and resourceful nature of folks who just appear to be bland and ordinary.

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10/10/06 11:05 AM
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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moves beyond slapstick as it's skillfully and energetically put together to tell much about Americana.

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08/02/06 06:33 AM
Dennis Schwartz
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Wonderful satire on small-town jingoism, all the more remarkable in that it was made during World War II.

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02/09/06 03:17 AM
Tom Milne
Time Out
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06/30/05 04:32 PM
Emanuel Levy
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Still hilarious Sturges after all these years.

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10/15/04 06:34 PM
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan
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08/26/04 12:44 AM
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat
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04/16/04 02:15 PM
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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The dialogue of Preston Sturges shoots and shoots, never seems to miss, and convinces you of its genius in around about a minute.

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10/22/03 01:51 PM
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
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Not one of Sturges' best, but good enough.

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06/15/03 07:06 PM
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Sturges takes a savage swipe at some of America's most sacred cows in a classic comedy containing some of his most sustained satire.

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05/24/03 08:16 AM
Channel 4 Film
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This riotously funny motion picture, this superlative small-town comedy, is also one of the wisest ever to burst from a big-time studio.

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05/20/03 05:18 PM
Bosley Crowther
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03/28/03 05:19 AM
Joshua Tanzer
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Sturges veteran Demarest is at his peak here, as is Bracken, whose desperation is hysterical.

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03/10/03 08:55 AM
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
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Still worth seeing, as always, because of that amazing Sturges dialogue.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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A scathing delight.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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