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The Wackiest Ship in the Army
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The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Dec 29, 1960
1h 39m
★ 6.1

You'll crack your timbers when you see how the Navy sticks the Army sad sacks with the crumbiest ship afloat!

Overview

Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" – a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don't know a jib from a jigger. What none of them knows, including Crandall, is that this ship has a very important top-secret mission to complete in waters patrolled by the Japanese fleet. Their mission will save hundreds of allied lives – if only they can get there in one piece.

Genres

Comedy
War

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Jack Lemmon

Rip Crandall

Jack Lemmon

Ricky Nelson

Tommy Hanson

Ricky Nelson

John Lund

Wilbur Vandewater

John Lund

Chips Rafferty

Patterson

Chips Rafferty

Tom Tully

Captain McClung

Tom Tully

Joby Baker

Josh Davidson

Joby Baker

Warren Berlinger

A.J. Sparks

Warren Berlinger

No Image

Maggie

Patricia Driscoll

Mike Kellin

Jack MacCarthy

Mike Kellin

Richard Anderson

Dennis Foster

Richard Anderson

Alvy Moore

Johnson

Alvy Moore

Teru Shimada

Samada

Teru Shimada

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