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.

Eddie Bracken
Woodrow Truesmith

Ella Raines
Libby

Raymond Walburn
Mayor Everett J. Noble

William Demarest
Sgt. Heppelfinger

Franklin Pangborn
Reception Committee Chairman

Elizabeth Patterson
Martha - Libby's Aunt

Georgia Caine
Mrs. Truesmith

Al Bridge
Political Boss
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Release Date
August 9, 1944
Runtime
1h 41m
Rating
NR
Genres
Comedy, War
Director
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