Give 'em Hell, Harry!

1975
PG
1h 44m

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One-man show about the presidency of Harry S. Truman.One-man show about the presidency of Harry S. Truman.One-man show about the presidency of Harry S. Truman.

Directors
- Steve Binder
- Peter H. Hunt
Writer
- Samuel Gallu
Star
- James Whitmore

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7.3/10

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Directors
- Steve Binder
- Peter H. Hunt
Writer
- Samuel Gallu
Star
- James Whitmore

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

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James Whitmore

Harry S. Truman

Directors
- Steve Binder
- Peter H. Hunt
Writer
- Samuel Gallu
All cast & crew
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Trivia
James Whitmore is the only actor to receive an Academy Award nomination for a film with a cast of just one person.

Goofs
The Prime Video link on the IMDB page is actually for a David Susskind series of interviews with President Truman, not the James Whitmore one man show.

Quotes
Harry S Truman: Say, Rose, there's a story going around about me these days. It says that some old party hen is supposed to have cornered Bess at some party, and said, "Mrs. Truman, isn't there anything you can do to get the President to stop using the word 'manure'?" And Bess is supposed to have replied, "It took me forty years to get him to use that word!"

Connections
Referenced in Sneak Previews: Taxi Driver, The Man Who Would Be King, Hester Street, Manson, The Story of Adele H. (1976)

Soundtracks
The Missouri Waltz
Composed by Frederick Knight Logan (uncredited)
Played by Pearl Kaufman

Another wonderful Whitmore performance

This was a great filmed stage presentation of James Whitmore's one-man show about Harry Truman, written by Samuel Gallu. He becomes President Truman right from the beginning. This show, along with the Will Rogers USA and the not-as-well-known Bully or Bully Boy (Theodore Roosevelt) is the complete list of one-man shows this fine actor has done.