Sturges veteran Demarest is at his peak here, as is Bracken, whose desperation is hysterical.
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03/10/03
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:17
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Genre: Comedies
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.
Starring: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn
Director: Preston Sturges
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Reviews for Hail the Conquering Hero
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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.
05/24/03
A scathing delight.
01/01/00
Top CriticStill worth seeing, as always, because of that amazing Sturges dialogue.
01/01/00
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
...half a Sturges is better than no Sturges at all.
01/30/07
Still hilarious Sturges after all these years.
10/15/04
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04/16/04
No review available.
08/26/04
Not one of Sturges' best, but good enough.
06/15/03
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
moves beyond slapstick as it's skillfully and energetically put together to tell much about Americana.
08/02/06
Wonderful satire on small-town jingoism, all the more remarkable in that it was made during World War II.
02/09/06
The premier comedy writer-director of 1940s Hollywood strikes again!
11/13/07
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
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
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