1944 · 101 min · Comedy, War
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.
Directed by Preston Sturges. Starring Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest and Franklin Pangborn.
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