Fresh
Some of the gags are elaborate and as carefully timed as a dance sequence.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
20th Century-Fox hilariously declares a national laugh holiday, as the cast of the year brings the #1 fun best-seller howlingly alive!
1958 · 1h 46m · Approved
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Leo McCarey
Overview
Harry Bannerman, a Connecticut suburbanite, becomes involved in various shenanigans when his wife Grace leads a protest movement against a secret army plan to set up a missile base in their community.
Director and cast
- Leo McCarey Director
- Paul Newman as Harry Bannerman
- Joanne Woodward as Grace Oglethorpe Bannerman
- Joan Collins as Angela Hoffa
- Jack Carson as Capt. Hoxie
- Dwayne Hickman as Grady Metcalf, Comfort's suitor
- Tuesday Weld as Comfort Goodpasture
- Gale Gordon as Brig. Gen. W.A. Thorwald
- Tom Gilson Cast
- O.Z. Whitehead Cast
- Percy Helton Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
30%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Rally Round the Flag, Boys! is no epic. But it's good for laughs.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten
It backfires grandly.
Time Out
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