Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

1958
Approved
1h 46m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

1.4K

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Paul Newman, Joan Collins, Jack Carson, and Joanne Woodward in Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)

All about the citizens of Putnam's Landing and their reactions to an Army missile base in their backyard.

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All about the citizens of Putnam's Landing and their reactions to an Army missile base in their backyard.All about the citizens of Putnam's Landing and their reactions to an Army missile base in their backyard.All about the citizens of Putnam's Landing and their reactions to an Army missile base in their backyard.

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IMDb RATING

5.8/10

1.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 nominations total

Delinquent
(uncredited)

Brandon Beach

Townsman at Meeting
(uncredited)

William 'Billy' Benedict

Bellhop
(uncredited)

Robert Bohannon

Man at Phone
(uncredited)

Tap Canutt

Soldier
(uncredited)

Alan Carney

Bartender
(uncredited)
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Richard Collier

Zack Crummitt
(uncredited)

Alan S. Craig

Dancer
(uncredited)

Richard H. Cutting

St. Regis Hotel Clerk
(uncredited)

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Trivia
In a case of art imitating life, the small Connecticut town where the Newman/Woodwards live(d) did in fact have an underground Nike missile site during the Cold War. The town's middle school now sits above the former silos.

Goofs
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.

Quotes
Brig. Gen. W.A. Thorwald: [holding chimpanzee] This little fella is going to take a journey into space. And return. Alive.

Connections
Featured in This Is Joan Collins (2022)

Soundtracks
America, the Beautiful
(uncredited)
Music by Samuel A. Ward
Played during the opening credits

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Featured review

I Remember Really Liking this Movie

I read the reviews before watching it again after many years. Shocked, I was, to see that they weren't good. My plan was to see the movie and mount a spirited defense of it on this very site.

I can't. I like romantic comedies. I like comedies from this era. I even like bad movies if they are sincere. This movie just makes me uncomfortable.

Paul Newman, never one of my favorites, but a pretty decent actor, has no real range or depth in this role. I watched, expecting him to suddenly step forward and take charge of the movie, but he disappointed me...

Joanne Woodward vacillates between stern wife and mother/retarded blonde. I think she was trying to be sexy, but came off as possibly addicted to Valium...

Joan Collins was the one bright spot in this movie. She was sexy and vivacious...even funny from time to time...

Gale Gordon (Mr. Mooney from the old Lucy Show) did okay with what he had.

What they managed to do with some pretty talented actors was to create a movie where not only did I not care about the lives of any of the characters, I don't think I would've cared if any of them had been tortured to death, either.