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The Wackiest Ship In the Army. Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson get that sinking feeling when they pilot "The Wackiest Ship In the Army" in this hilarious comedy adventure. During World War II, the Army recruits Navy Officer Rip Crandall (Lemmon) to command a battered old Schooner for a top secret mission. Masquerading as a Japanese fishing boat ...
Richard Murphy. Director, Screenplay. Herbert Carlson. Story. 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 ...
The Wackiest Ship in the Army. 1960. 1 hr 39 mins. Comedy. NR. Watchlist. Tale of a secret mission to send an Australian spy to a remote Pacific island to keep track of the Japanese fleet during ...
The Wackiest Ship in the Army may refer to: The Wackiest Ship in the Army (film), a 1960 comedy starring Jack Lemmon. The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV series), a 1965 show based on the film. Category:
In this WWII comedy, Jack Lemmon plays a Lt. Rip Crandall, who finally gets command of his own ship- a small sailboat with an inexperienced crew. Ensign Tommy Hanson (Rick Nelson) is his second in command, and the ship must sail. This lightweight comedy is not over-the-top hysterical, but not bad, either.
In the spring of 1942, the New Zealand government presents the U.S. a 70-year-old wooden twin-masted schooner. The US military decides to use the ship to place spies ashore behind Japanese lines.
THE WACKIEST SHIP IN THE ARMY. Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson get that sinking feeling when they pilot THE WACKIEST SHIP IN THE ARMYin this hilarious comedy adventure. During World War II, the Army recruits Navy Officer Rip Crandall (Lemmon) to command a battered old Schooner for a top secret mission. Masquerading as a Japanesefishing boat, this ...
