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{{short description|1975 film by Steve Binder, Peter H. Hunt}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Give 'em Hell, Harry!
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| image	         = Give 'em Hell, Harry! FilmPoster.jpeg
| director       = [[Steve Binder]]<br/>[[Peter H. Hunt]] <small>(stage production)</small>
| producer       = [[Bill Sargent]]<br/>Joseph E. Bluth
| writer         = [[Samuel Gallu]]
| starring       = [[James Whitmore]]
| music          = Pearl Kaufman
| cinematography = Ken Palius
| editing        = Steve Binder
| studio         = [[David Permut|Permut Presentations]]<br/>Theatrovision
| distributor    = Theater Television 
| released       = {{Film date|1975|09|18}}
| runtime        = 104 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English 
| budget         = $230,000
| gross          = $11,000,000<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=giveemhellharry.htm Box Office Information for ''Give 'Em Hell, Harry!''] [[Box Office Mojo]]. Retrieved June 13, 2018.</ref> or $4 million<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/americanfilmdist0000dona/page/294/mode/1up|title= American film distribution : the changing marketplace|last=Donahue|first= Suzanne Mary|year=1987 |publisher=UMI Research Press |page=294|isbn= 978-0-8357-1776-2}} Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada</ref>
}}

'''''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 [[Harry S. Truman 1948 presidential campaign|1948 presidential election campaign]]. In [[Bremerton, Washington]], Truman delivered a speech attacking the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]s. 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 Truman|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''.<ref>{{cite news |first=Roger |last=Ebert |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |title=Review: Give 'em Hell, Harry! |author-link=Roger Ebert |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19750101/REVIEWS/501010324/1023 |date=January 1, 1975}}</ref> 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.<ref>[https://www.ctrumandaniel.com/ Clifton Truman Daniel]</ref>

==Accolades==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| [[48th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| rowspan="3"| [[James Whitmore]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976 |title=The 48th Academy Awards (1976) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-10-02 |work=oscars.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109220920/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1976 |archive-date=2014-11-09}}</ref>
|-
| [[33rd Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/give-em-hell-harry |title=Give 'em Hell, Harry! – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1976}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[18th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album|Best Spoken Word Recording]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/james-whitmore/6907 |title=James Whitmore |website=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=December 18, 2021}}</ref>
|}

''Give 'em Hell, Harry!'' is only the third film to have its entire credited cast (Whitmore) nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Oscar]], the first two being ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' in [[39th Academy Awards|1966]], for which almost all members excluding the extras were nominated, and ''[[Sleuth (1972 film)|Sleuth]]'' in [[45th Academy Awards|1972]].<ref>{{cite news |work=[[USA Today]] |title=Follow these clues to the original 'Sleuth' |page=2D |url=https://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20071011/d_cover11_side.art.htm |date=October 11, 2007}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0073053|title=Give 'em Hell, Harry}}
* [https://archive.today/20140812051104/https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2063728/GiveEmHellHarry3.jpg Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places and B.P.O.E. #1181 / City of Bremerton plaques commemorating location of Truman's "Give Em Hell Harry" speech.]

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[[Category:1975 films]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Harry S. Truman]]
[[Category:Filmed stage productions]]
[[Category:Films about presidents of the United States]]
[[Category:Films directed by Peter H. Hunt]]
[[Category:Films directed by Steve Binder]]
[[Category:Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album]]
[[Category:Monodrama]]
[[Category:One-character films]]
[[Category:Plays based on real people]]
[[Category:Plays for one performer]]
[[Category:1970s English-language films]]