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.
Stars: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson
Crew: Preston Sturges (Writer), Wally Westmore (Makeup Artist), Preston Sturges (Director), Stuart Gilmore (Editor), Haldane Douglas (Art Direction), Werner R. Heymann (Original Music Composer)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Runtime: 101 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 09, 1944
IMDb: 3.992
