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Give 'em Hell, Harry!

1975 film by Steve Binder, Peter H. Hunt

Summary

1975 film by Steve Binder, Peter H. Hunt

Field	Value
name	Give 'em Hell, Harry!
caption	Theatrical release poster
image	Give 'em Hell, Harry! FilmPoster.jpeg
director	Steve Binder
Peter H. Hunt (stage production)
producer	Bill Sargent
Joseph E. Bluth
writer	Samuel Gallu
starring	James Whitmore
music	Pearl Kaufman
cinematography	Ken Palius
editing	Steve Binder
studio	Permut Presentations
Theatrovision
distributor	Theater Television
released
runtime	104 minutes
country	United States
language	English
budget	$230,000
gross	$11,000,000 or $4 million

Peter H. Hunt (stage production) Joseph E. Bluth Theatrovision

Give 'em Hell, Harry! is a biographical play and 1975 film, written by playwright Samuel Gallu. Both the play and film are a one-man show about former President of the United States Harry S. Truman. Give 'em Hell, Harry! stars James Whitmore, and was directed by Steve Binder and Peter H. Hunt.

Title origin

The title comes from an incident that took place during the 1948 presidential election campaign. In Bremerton, Washington, Truman delivered a speech attacking the Republicans. During the speech, a supporter yelled out, "Give 'em Hell, Harry!" Truman replied, "I don't give them Hell. I just tell the truth about them, and they think it's Hell." Subsequently, "Give 'em Hell, Harry!" became a lifetime slogan for Truman supporters.

History

The play previewed in Hershey, Pennsylvania, followed by its official opening at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D. C. Its April 17, 1975, premiere was hosted by Truman's daughter Margaret, and attended by President Gerald Ford. The play then went on to a six-city tour, during which it was videotaped for film on the stage of the Moore Theatre in Seattle, using a live editing process called Theatrovision. It was also recorded and released by United Artists Records.

Although the play has been regularly revived, it did not make its New York debut until July 2008 at St. Luke's Theatre. Clifton Truman Daniel portrayed his grandfather in the title role in several performances in 2023.

Accolades

Award	Category	Nominee
Academy Awards	Best Actor	James Whitmore
Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Grammy Awards	Best Spoken Word Recording

Give 'em Hell, Harry! is only the third film to have its entire credited cast (Whitmore) nominated for an Oscar, the first two being Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1966, for which almost all members excluding the extras were nominated, and Sleuth in 1972.

References

[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=giveemhellharry.htm Box Office Information for ''Give 'Em Hell, Harry!''] [[Box Office Mojo]]. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
Donahue, Suzanne Mary. (1987). "American film distribution : the changing marketplace". UMI Research Press.
Ebert, Roger. (January 1, 1975). "Review: Give 'em Hell, Harry!". [[Chicago Sun-Times]].
[https://www.ctrumandaniel.com/ Clifton Truman Daniel]
"The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org.
"Give 'em Hell, Harry! – Golden Globes".
"James Whitmore".
(October 11, 2007). "Follow these clues to the original 'Sleuth'". [[USA Today]].

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