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Hail the Conquering Hero

 1944
 101 minutes (1 hrs 41 mins)
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Directed by

Preston Sturges

Starring

Eddie Bracken · Ella Raines · Raymond Walburn · William Demarest · Franklin Pangborn · Elizabeth Patterson

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Release dates

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1st September 1944

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