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Release Date:
9 AUGUSZTUS 1944 (USA) morePlot:
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. moreUser Comments:
Maybe the greatest example ever of the "ensemble film." moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Eddie Bracken | ... | Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith |
 | Ella Raines | ... | Libby |
| Raymond Walburn | ... | Mayor Everett D. Noble |
| William Demarest | ... | Sgt. Heppelfinger |
| Franklin Pangborn | ... | Committee Chairman |
| Elizabeth Patterson | ... | Libby's Aunt |
| Georgia Caine | ... | Mrs. Truesmith |
| Al Bridge | ... | Political Boss (as Alan Bridge) |
| Freddie Steele | ... | Bugsy |
| Bill Edwards | ... | Forrest Noble |
| Harry Hayden | ... | Doc Bissell |
| Jimmy Conlin | ... | Judge Dennis |
| Jimmie Dundee | ... | Cpl. Candida |
| Chester Conklin | ... | Western Union Man |
| Esther Howard | ... | Mrs. Noble |
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101 minCountry:
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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As the marines are leaving the Oakdale station, a billboard behind them is advertising The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944), another film by Preston Sturges. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Early in the movie, in the nightclub, there's a shot of a man sitting at a table eating a sandwich. After a quick cutaway the man is smoking and the sandwich is on his plate...untouched. moreQuotes:
Town Councilman: Let's get down to business. The trouble with our party is everybody talks too long all the time.Doc Bissell: That's the trouble with all parties.
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With literally dozens of identifiable characters, named and unnamed, this is a film in which nearly every shot is jammed full of faces -- in fact, it's nearly twenty minutes into the movie before a shot occurs in which the frame contains only a single human being (Mom taking hot buns out of the oven). Filmed and released during the darkest year of WWII, HERO is a smart, unjingoistic yet oddly patriotic comedy of the home front, and of our often short-sighted view of what makes a hero. One of Sturges' best and most innovative comedies -- and that's saying a lot!