Released:
1944-08-09

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.

Director:
Preston Sturges

Runtime:
1h 41min

Genre:
Comedy, War

• Cast:
• 
  Eddie Bracken
  as
  Woodrow Truesmith
• 
  Ella Raines
  as
  Libby
• 
  Raymond Walburn
  as
  Mayor Everett J. Noble
• 
  William Demarest
  as
  Sgt. Heppelfinger
• 
  Franklin Pangborn
  as
  Reception Committee Chairman