
Overview:
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.Status: | Released (1944-08-09) |
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Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 3 nominations total |
Screen: | Preston Sturges |
Productions: | Paramount Pictures |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | English |

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- 115457: Eddie Bracken - Woodrow Truesmith
- 78052: Ella Raines - Libby
- 89673: Raymond Walburn - Mayor Everett J. Noble
- 21510: William Demarest - Sgt. Heppelfinger
- 13966: Franklin Pangborn - Reception Committee Chairman
- 83237: Elizabeth Patterson - Martha - Libby's Aunt
- 1176930: Georgia Caine - Mrs. Truesmith
Crews
- 30249: Preston Sturges - Director - Directing
- 30249: Preston Sturges - Writer - Writing
- 2500: Werner R. Heymann - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 8620: John F. Seitz - Director of Photography - Camera
- 30259: Stuart Gilmore - Editor - Editing
- 1060877: Haldane Douglas - Art Direction - Art
- 8622: Hans Dreier - Art Direction - Art
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