Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) 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. They make him wear a uniform complete with medals and is pushed by his new friends into accepting a Hero's welcome when he gets home where he is to be immortalized by a statue that he doesn't want, has songs written about his heroic battle stories, and ends up unwillingly running for mayor. Despite his best efforts to explain the truth, no one will listen.
内芙·坎贝尔,伊莎贝尔·梅,柯特妮·考克斯,梅森·古丁,贾思敏·萨沃伊·布朗,大卫·阿奎特,马修·里沃德,斯科特·弗利,塞莱斯特·奥康纳,阿萨·格尔曼,麦肯娜·格瑞丝,萨姆·雷希纳,米歇尔·兰道夫,吉米·塔特罗,安娜·坎普,乔尔·麦克哈尔,马克·康苏斯,伊桑·恩布里,维克托·特平,Scott Allen Frederick,艾米·彭伯顿,Josh Thrower,Cyle Winters,罗格·杰