Hail the Conquering Hero Page #11
- PASSED
- Year:
- 1944
- 101 min
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Good morning, Judge.
Good morning, Dr. Bissell.
Hello? Yes, yes, this is
Corporal Truesmith speaking.
What's that?
Oh, yes, sir, Colonel.
What's that you say?
Oh, excuse me, Colonel, I'm
naturally so excited to hear that
that I just naturally forgot
who I was talking to.
Yeah. Well, don't forget to
save me some breakfast, will you?
I probably shouldn't be doing this at
all, and if the gang ever finds out...
Yes, sir, Colonel,
I certainly will.
And I'm awfully grateful to you for
calling me and for taking me back.
Thank you, Colonel, sir.
Goodbye.
Woodrow. Well, what
do you know about that?
Know about what?
What a small world.
They're taking me back into the
Marine Corps for limited service
and I have to leave
for San Diego at once.
But the parade.
The rally.
The mayoralty. Aren't you
going to be our new mayor?
I'm sorry, Judge.
The United States comes first.
They won't be sending you anywhere
dangerous anymore, will they?
Well, I should hope not,
after all he's been through.
It'll probably be just
some sort of clerical work,
you know,
like working in a shipyard
or an aeroplane factory,
you know, guarding things.
Then, why don't they leave
you here where we need you?
That's right.
That's one of the weaknesses
of the military viewpoint.
Doesn't always recognize the
importance of civilians in wartime.
You were
our only hope, Woodrow.
Well, I'm sorry, Judge, but
when duty calls, duty calls.
Do you have to leave
today, dear? I'm afraid so.
You'll ride in
the parade anyway, won't you?
Now that it's all dolled up
and everything?
Well, sure, but I don't see what good
it'll do. When duty calls, you gotta go.
Well, it might do some good.
Well, I certainly can't
refuse that.
Well, I'll see if
everything's ready then.
It's going to be more
like a funeral march.
Can I ride in the parade with
you, Woodrow? Just this last time?
Sure, if you think it'd be all
right. Of course it'll be all right.
I have the right
to say goodbye to you.
I'm sorry, Mama, but I just
can't do anything about it.
It'll be so lonely
without you.
Lay off.
Good morning.
Where you been?
Who, me? I was just
taking a little walk.
Since when do you
forget to have breakfast?
Well, I just...
Oh, you were just making a little
phone call to that dame in San Diego.
I got you, Colonel.
Well, you know...
Hey!
Why you can't...
We're very sorry, it's nothing.
There's just a little feeling there.
Lay off, will you?
You can settle it later.
Hey, what's the big idea?
You meant that for me,
didn't you? What about it?
You think I'm afraid, huh?
Well, I'm sure glad I wasn't
ever in a foxhole with you.
Let him go.
You yellow...
Let him go!
Go find a woman to fight with.
That's all you know how to hurt.
Come on, kid.
Parades, statues, burning
mortgages... I subscribed to that.
So did I, for that matter,
but I mean to say...
Save your voice, Evvy.
For what? I mean to say,
I have nothing
against the boy personally.
A hero is a fine thing in
its place. You mean in a park.
I don't mean that at all.
I don't wish this young man
anything but success
in what he can do best,
but what can he do best?
If you ask me, I think...
That is our problem.
I speak not as your candidate for
mayor, but as the most humble voter.
Get me a glass of water,
will you?
Why don't you save your
voice? Why don't you shut up?
I mean to say, this problem
is not local. It's national.
In a few years, if the
war goes on, heaven forbid,
you won't be able to swing a cat
without knocking down a couple of heroes.
Now, are we going to be
governed by young men,
very young men, however well-meaning
or patriotic they may be,
whose principal talent consists of
hopping in and out of wolf holes...
Foxholes.
Huh?
They're called foxholes.
Talent consists of hopping
in and out of foxholes
and killing hundreds of enemies
with one swoop of the sword?
Or are we going to be governed by
respectable civic leaders of mature age
who do not seek the appointment,
but accept it as a civic duty?
I refer to men like,
well, myself.
Up our hero goes
and down this zero goes
'Cause we want Woodrow
for our mayor
We want Woodrow
We want Woodrow
We want Woodrow for our mayor
Win with Woodrow
Win with Woodrow
Let's give Everett the air
Up with Woodrow
Down with Noble
Let's get Everett
off the chair
Up our hero goes and down
Isn't it exciting, Evvy? They'll
find out whether it's exciting or not.
Hold your horses.
What's the matter now?
Have you got a wire for me?
Yeah.
Howdy, Mr. Mayor.
How are you?
If I can just remember
where I put it.
What kind of wire? Can you
remember where it came from?
Well, let me see. It's
San Diego. Oh, boy.
You're a big help.
I'm sorry, Evvy.
Why don't you watch
what you're doing?
But, then, how could he
have been in the Guadalcanal?
That's just it. He wasn't.
He wasn't?
No. Well, then. Then,
he's a fraud, a faker.
He ought to be tarred
and feathered, oh, boy!
Who's a fraud and a faker?
Save your voice, Evvy.
Who's a fraud and a faker?
Your hero!
I don't believe it.
You don't believe it? Come on!
Now, be careful.
We want Woodrow
We want Woodrow for our mayor
Win with Woodrow
Win with Woodrow
Let's give Everett the air
rubbing it in a little, eh?
It says, "Help yourself. " Well,
there's still plenty of time.
Everett, I just have a feeling you're
going to make an ass of yourself,
and I'm just going to pretend
I don't know you.
I wish you didn't have to
pretend. Save your voice, Evvy.
Quiet, please.
Quiet, please!
And if the band will
kindly cease for one moment,
we will be able
to hear the address
we are all so anxious to hear.
Quiet.
Yesterday morning, seven
Marines got off the northbound.
Six of them were
strangers to us.
One, a local boy
who had made good.
Yesterday afternoon,
to cast his lot with ours.
You might call us the unvested or
shirtsleeve interests of the town.
Shall we do it now, or let him
linger? Let him have his moment.
Quiet.
To cast his lot with ours
and lead us to victory.
I'm going to ask Woodrow himself
to tell you the rest of the story.
Oh, come now.
I came here this morning
to say goodbye to you,
to tell you that I have been called back
into the Marine Corps for limited service,
and that for that reason I
would be unable to run for mayor.
Well, I'm not going to do it.
Hooray!
You'd better save your hoorays
for somebody else.
For somebody
who deserves them.
Like Doc Bissell here, who's
tried for so long to serve you,
only you didn't know a
good man when you saw one.
So, you always elected
a phony instead.
Oh, I am, am I? Well, let me
tell you something, young man.
Save your voice, Evvy.
You'll find out.
Everett, you're making
a spectacle of yourself.
Will you kindly...
Until a still-bigger phony
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