4-F Marine reject Eddie Bracken returns to his home town and, thanks to the falsified exploits in his letters to his mother, is declared a war hero in writer/director Preston Sturges' hilarious satire. Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, and Freddie Steele co-star. 101 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish.

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Category:: Comedy
Director:: Preston Sturges
Rated:: NR
Color:: Black & White
Format:: Fullscreen
Closed Captioned:: Yes; Cast: Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, Raymond Walburn, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Elizabeth Patterson, Georgia Caine, Al Bridge, Freddie Steele, Bill Edwards, Harry Hayden, Jimmy Conlin, Jimmy Dundee, Esther Howard, Robert Warwick, Len Hendry, Stephen Gregory, Victor Potel, Merrill Rodin, Jack Norton, John Sinclair, Torben Meyer, Chester Conklin, Arthur Hoyt, George Melford... More

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