Don't Give Up the Ship

Jul 3, 1959

1h 29m

★ 6.4

The Funniest Story of High-Seas Hilarity Ever to Set Audiences Adrift in Helpless Hysteria!

Overview

The Navy expects a veteran to pay for the ship he commanded, as they have no record of its return.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Hal Wallis Productions

Don't Give Up the Ship Trailers

Cast

John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII

Jerry Lewis

Ens. Rita J. Benson

Dina Merrill

Prudence Trabert Steckler

Diana Spencer

Stan Wychinski

Mickey Shaughnessy

Vice Adm. Philo Tecumseh Bludde

Robert Middleton

Congressman Mandeville

Gale Gordon

Mrs. Trabert

Mabel Albertson

Lt. Cmdr. Farber

Claude Akins

Adm. Rogers

Hugh Sanders

Cmdr. Cross

Richard Shannon

Cmdr. Craig

Chuck Wassil

Lt. Bond

Burt Metcalfe

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6.5

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5.4

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6.2

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5.8

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7.0

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6.3

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5.9

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5.9

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6.1

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6.8

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4.8

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5.5

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5.4

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