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Plot

In this WWII-era drama, Jan-Michael Vincent plays Marion Hedgepeth, a young Marine who fails out of a boot camp in 1943 and gets sent home wearing a baby blue suit to symbolize shame and dishonor. In Los Angeles, he runs into a veteran who -- eager to be discharged -- k.o.'s him and switches their uniforms. When Marion regains consciousness, he's clad in a hero's uniform. He begins hitching his way toward his home in St. Louis, dreading the prospect of confessing to his folks, but stops for a time in a small town where he's mistaken for a hero and immediately falls in love with a waitress, Rose (Glynnis O'Connor). Meanwhile, as the truth threatens to emerge and bring disgrace raining down onto his head, several residents of a Japanese internment camp escape.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Drama,War
Run Time:
90min.
Director(s):
John Hancock
Starring:
Jan-Michael Vincent , Glynnis O'Connor , Katherine Helmond , Dana Elcar , Bert Remsen
Keywords:
Marines,con/scam,courage,dropout,home,honor [recognition],identity,masquerade,redemption,return,soldier,town,war