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Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

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When the U.S. Army plans to build a new missile base in the small town of Putnam Landing, Conn., there is a public outcry, lead by Grace Bannerman (Joanne Woodward), a regular on local committees. She convinces her husband, Harry (Paul Newman), to head to Washington, D.C., to talk to the military. Somehow, Harry gets roped into performing public relations work for the army. He also deals with the advances of his flirty neighbor, Angela Hoffa (Joan Collins), leading to a big argument with Grace.

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Variety Staff Variety 06/17/2008
Some of the gags are elaborate and as carefully timed as a dance sequence. Go to Full Review Bosley Crowther New York Times 03/25/2006
3/5
Rally Round the Flag, Boys! is no epic. But it's good for laughs. Go to Full Review Time Out 02/09/2006
It backfires grandly. Go to Full Review Marion Aitchison Miami Herald 09/02/2020
Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, who generally lend their talents to more serious roles, essay comedy here with just as satisfactory results. Go to Full Review Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine 10/21/2019
In the film, nothing but the plot emerges, and the merriment becomes somewhat hoarse and strained. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 08/17/2011
C+
Satire on activist suburbanites is so weak, it only seems funny because it has nothing to say. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Steve D @RT35616104 07/12/2023 Emotionally hollow and really slow See more 06/09/2022 By 1958 standards this might have been okay. But today it just plays as a lame, puerile film with overacted silliness and infantile sight gags. It would have been more effective — and funnier — if it had been played straight and just allowed the situations to provide the humor. The always excellent Joanne Woodward shines, despite the failure of script and direction. I read the book as a kid and enjoyed it. I'm sure it must have been better than the film. See more panayiota k @Penny672 04/12/2015 The army plot was kind of weird but it was a situation comedy with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Refreshing and hilarious. See more 04/02/2015 gr8 cast makes this one go See more 02/21/2013 A Lovely Triangle by Joan Collins,Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward See more 10/21/2009 Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) -- [5.5] -- Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward play a busy married couple whose relationship is threatened by everything from the town trollop (Joan Collins) to the US military. "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!" is a comedy of errors from Leo McCarey ("The Awful Truth", "An Affair to Remember") where the parts are better than their sum. I like the early scenes between Newman and Woodward, as well as Newman's outrageous scenes with Joan Collins, but the movie tries to do too much in the last half. I didn't care about the subplots involving the military or a community pageant reenacting the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. If the film concentrated more on the three leads, it might have pulled together better. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Leo McCarey

Director

Paul Newman

Harry Bannerman

Joanne Woodward

Grace Oglethorpe Bannerman

Joan Collins

Angela Hoffa

Jack Carson

Capt. Hoxie

Dwayne Hickman

Grady Metcalf

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Synopsis When the U.S. Army plans to build a new missile base in the small town of Putnam Landing, Conn., there is a public outcry, lead by Grace Bannerman (Joanne Woodward), a regular on local committees. She convinces her husband, Harry (Paul Newman), to head to Washington, D.C., to talk to the military. Somehow, Harry gets roped into performing public relations work for the army. He also deals with the advances of his flirty neighbor, Angela Hoffa (Joan Collins), leading to a big argument with Grace.
Director
Leo McCarey
Producer
Leo McCarey
Screenwriter
Claude Binyon, Leo McCarey
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 23, 1958, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 1, 2010
Runtime
1h 46m
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