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A yachtsman (Jack Lemmon) takes command of a sailing ship (Ricky Nelson) for a secret mission in WW2. IMDb provides cast, crew, reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this 1960 movie.
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- Comedy, Drama, War
- Richard Murphy
- 1960-12-29
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.
407. 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...
Find out who starred in the comedy film about a submarine crew and their adventures in the Pacific during World War II. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers and more on IMDb.
The Wackiest Ship in the Army is an American comedy drama adventure television series that aired for one season on NBC between September 19, 1965, and April 17, 1966. Produced by Harry Ackerman and Herbert Hirschman , the series was loosely based on the 1960 film starring Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson , which itself was a fictionalized account ...
No.TitleDirected ByWritten By1"Shakedown"UnknownUnknown2"The Sisters"UnknownUnknown3"Goldbrickers"UnknownUnknown4"The Day the Crew Paced the Deck"Robert StevensSam Perrin & Arnold BelgardA 1965-1966 adventure comedy war series about a US Navy schooner used to spy behind Japanese lines in WWII. Starring Jack Warden, Gary Collins, Mike Kellin and others, with 29 episodes and user reviews.
Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. The captain of a broken-down ship has to sneak an Australian spy into enemy waters during World War II. Cast & Crew. Read More. Richard Murphy. Director. Jack Lemmon. Lt. Rip Crandall. Ricky Nelson. Ens. Tommy Hanson. John Lund. Cmdr. Wilbur Vandewater. Chips Rafferty. Patterson. Tom Tully.
