Jack Lemmon
Lt. Rip Crandall
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The Wackiest Ship in the Army is an American 1960 Eastmancolor CinemaScope comedy-drama war film directed by Richard Murphy and starring Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, and Chips Rafferty. It was filmed at Pearl Harbor and Kauai. The story is a dramatized, fictionalized account of a real ship known as the USS Echo.
The Wackiest Ship in the Army: Directed by Richard Murphy. With Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund, Chips Rafferty. During WW2, Lt. Rip Crandall, who was a yachtsman before the war, takes command of the USS Echo, a sailing ship, for a secret mission in waters patrolled by Japanese warships.
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- Comedy, Drama, War
- Richard Murphy
- 1960-12-29
The Wackiest Ship in the Army. 1961 · 1 hr 40 min. TV-14. Comedy · Drama · War. During WW II, Lt. Rip Crandall and his inexperienced and motley crew get assigned to deliver an Australian observer to a Japanese-held island. Subtitles: English.
- Richard Murphy
- January 1, 1961
- 99 min
In Feb 1943, Lt. Rip Crandall of the U.S. Navy is promoted to his first command and arrives in a hidden harbor in the South Pacific, where he surveys a flotilla of destroyers. Crandall's heart sinks when, among the proud vessels, he spots his new ship, the U.S.S. , a dilapidated schooner.
- Richard Murphy, Pat Corleto, Sam Nelson
- Jack Lemmon
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Lt. Rip Crandall (Jack Lemmon) is entrusted with one of the most important missions of his World War II career: to shuttle an Australian spy (Chips Rafferty) into enemy territory....
- Comedy, Drama
During WW II, Lt. Rip Crandall (Lemmon) commands the USS Echo, a run-down ship with the archetypal inexperienced, motley crew, assigned to deliver an Australian observer to a Japanese-held island.
