McHale's Navy

Apr 18, 1997

1h 48m

★ 4.4

He's Under Siege and Out-of-Control.

Overview

Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the old PT-73 selling homebrew, ice cream, and swimsuit calendars. He's brought out of retirement when his old nemesis turned the second best terrorist in the world, Major Vladikov, takes over the island of San Moreno and starts building a nuclear launch silo on it. With help from his old crew and hindrances from Captain Wallace B. Binghampton, who sank a cruise liner a while back, McHale tries to put Vladikov out of business.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The Bubble Factory

Sheinberg Productions

McHale's Navy Trailers

Cast

Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale

Tom Arnold

Capt. Wallace B. Binghampton

Dean Stockwell

Lt. Penelope Carpenter

Debra Messing

Ensign Charles Parker

David Alan Grier

Virgil

Bruce Campbell

Happy

French Stewart

Maj. Vladikov

Tim Curry

Admiral Quinton McHale Sr.

Ernest Borgnine

Gruber

Danton Stone

Christy

Brian Haley

Willie

Henry Cho

Armando/Ernesto

Tommy Chong

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