1944 • NR • 1h 41m
7/10
(65 users) 
Overview
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow 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.
7/10
(65 users) Cast / Crew 
Eddie Bracken Woodrow Truesmith 
Ella Raines Libby 
Raymond Walburn Mayor Everett D. Noble 
William Demarest Sgt. Heppelfinger 
Franklin Pangborn Reception Committee Chairman 
Elizabeth Patterson Martha - Libby's Aunt 
Georgia Caine Mrs. Truesmith 
Al Bridge Political Boss 
Freddie Steele Bugsy 
Bill Edwards Forrest Noble 
Harry Hayden Doc Bissell 
Jimmy Conlin Judge Dennis 
Jimmie Dundee Cpl. Candida 
Chester Conklin Western Union Man (uncredited) 
Eddie Hall Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited) 
Preston Sturges Writer Hans Dreier Art Direction Haldane Douglas Art Direction Preston Sturges Director 
John F. Seitz Director of Photography 
Edith Head Costume Design 
Wally Westmore Makeup Artist Stuart Gilmore Editor Werner R. Heymann Original Music Composer Stephen Seymour Set Decoration Warren Hoag Electrician Wallace Nogle Sound Recordist Harlow Stengel Assistant Camera
Eddie Bracken Woodrow Truesmith Ella Raines Libby Raymond Walburn Mayor Everett D. Noble William Demarest Sgt. Heppelfinger Franklin Pangborn Reception Committee Chairman Elizabeth Patterson Martha - Libby's Aunt Georgia Caine Mrs. Truesmith Al Bridge Political Boss Freddie Steele Bugsy Bill Edwards Forrest Noble Harry Hayden Doc Bissell Jimmy Conlin Judge Dennis Jimmie Dundee Cpl. Candida Chester Conklin Western Union Man (uncredited) Eddie Hall Man Swigging Beer at the Bar (uncredited) Preston Sturges Writer Hans Dreier Art Direction Haldane Douglas Art Direction Preston Sturges Director John F. Seitz Director of Photography Edith Head Costume Design Wally Westmore Makeup Artist Stuart Gilmore Editor Werner R. Heymann Original Music Composer Stephen Seymour Set Decoration Warren Hoag Electrician Wallace Nogle Sound Recordist Harlow Stengel Assistant Camera 
Keywords
Recommendations
The Lady Eve 7.2
The Palm Beach Story 7.0
The Miracle of Morgan’s C... 6.8
Another Thin Man 7.2
The Lady in Question 6.6
Ben-Hur 7.9
Hostel 6.0
The Dark Knight 8.5
Oldboy 8.3
Joker 8.2
The Matrix 8.2
Memento 8.2
Inception 8.4
Dirty Dancing 7.3
Call Me by Your Name 8.1
Interstellar 8.4
Baby Driver 7.5
Fight Club 8.4
The Devil Wears Prada 7.4
Passengers 6.9
Phantom Thread 7.3
The Birds 7.5
The Shining 8.2
Amélie 7.9
La La Land 7.9
A Beautiful Mind 7.9
Pulp Fiction 8.5
Her 7.9
Dune 7.8
The Shawshank Redemption 8.7
The Pursuit of Happyness 7.9
Dawn of the Planet of the... 7.3
GoodFellas 8.5
Lady Bird 7.3
Room 8.0
Back to the Future 8.3
They Live 7.3
The Wind Rises 7.8
Rear Window 8.4
Gone Girl 7.9