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]
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
Screenwriter: Preston Sturges
Composer: Werner Richard Heymann
Producer: Preston Sturges
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The premier comedy writer-director of 1940s Hollywood strikes again!
11/13/07 02:48 PM
The deft hand of Preston Sturges molded this film, further proof that he is one of the industry's best writer-directors.
11/13/07 02:47 PM
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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.
10/10/06 11:05 AM
moves beyond slapstick as it's skillfully and energetically put together to tell much about Americana.
08/02/06 06:33 AM
Wonderful satire on small-town jingoism, all the more remarkable in that it was made during World War II.
02/09/06 03:17 AM
The dialogue of Preston Sturges shoots and shoots, never seems to miss, and convinces you of its genius in around about a minute.
10/22/03 01:51 PM
Sturges takes a savage swipe at some of America's most sacred cows in a classic comedy containing some of his most sustained satire.
05/24/03 08:16 AM
This riotously funny motion picture, this superlative small-town comedy, is also one of the wisest ever to burst from a big-time studio.
05/20/03 05:18 PM
Top Critic Sturges veteran Demarest is at his peak here, as is Bracken, whose desperation is hysterical.
03/10/03 08:55 AM
Still worth seeing, as always, because of that amazing Sturges dialogue.
01/01/00 12:00 AM
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