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Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)

 -  Comedy  -  February 1959 (USA)
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All about the citizens of Putnam's Landing and their reactions to an army missile base in their back yard.

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Complete credited cast:
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Harry Bannerman
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Grace Oglethorpe Bannerman
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Angela Hoffa
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Capt. Hoxie
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Grady Metcalf, Comfort's suitor
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Comfort Goodpasture
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Brig. Gen. W.A. Thorwald
Tom Gilson ...
Corporal Opie
O.Z. Whitehead ...
Isaac Goodpasture, Comfort's Father
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Harry Bannerman, a Connecticut suburbanite who becomes involved in various shenanigans with his wife Grace Oglethorpe, leads a protest movement against a secret army plan to set up a missile base in their community. Written by alfiehitchie

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20th Century-Fox hilariously declares a national laugh holiday...as the cast of the year brings the # 1 fun best-seller howlingly alive!

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Comedy

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February 1959 (USA)  »

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Leo McCarey's Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!  »

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Trivia

'Boojum' is a term coined by Lewis Carroll, and first appears in his poem, "The Hunting of the Snark". The 'Snark' (SM-62) was a surface-to-air missile used by the US military. Given the presence of a missile base in the film, it is likely that the term, 'Boojum', was used to make the connection with the real missile. See more »

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During long shots of the mock-up of the Mayflower approaching the Fourth of July pageant by ocean, the ship is clearly far out at sea. But in close-ups, foliage from nearby land can be seen just a few feet away. See more »

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Referenced in My World and Welcome to It: Rally Round the Flag (1969) See more »

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"You're My Boojoo"
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Sung by soldier
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Newman's weakest of '58 still an interesting comic effort
3 January 2001 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

In other of Paul Newman's movie years, this one might have fared better, but alongside the Southern masterpieces Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Long Hot Summer, and the flawed but interesting Billy The Kid take The Left-Handed Gun, this sometimes amusing fluff just can't hold up. Good to see him paired with Woodward and taking a stab at screen comedy for the first time, but he never truly excelled at it until later in his career. Still, some nice bits and decent work survive. It's just impossible to see and compare these days, rarely if ever broadcast and unreleased to video to this day.


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