The Wackiest Ship in the Army

The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)

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

  • Genre: Comedy, War
  • Release Date: 1960-12-29
  • User Rating: 6/10 from 35 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 39min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Columbia Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Richard Murphy
star 6/10
From 35 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Jack Lemmon

    as Rip Crandall

  • Ricky Nelson

    as Tommy Hanson

  • John Lund

    as Wilbur Vandewater

  • Chips Rafferty

    as Patterson

  • Tom Tully

    as Captain McClung

  • Joby Baker

    as Josh Davidson

  • Warren Berlinger

    as A.J. Sparks

  • Patricia Driscoll

    as Maggie

  • Mike Kellin

    as Jack MacCarthy

  • Richard Anderson

    as Dennis Foster

  • Alvy Moore

    as Johnson

  • Teru Shimada

    as Samada

  • George Shibata

    as Captain Shigetsu

  • Phil Adams

    as Crewman (uncredited)

  • John Anderson

    as Sailor (uncredited)

  • Tom Anthony

    as Crewman (uncredited)

  • Nesdon Booth

    as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)

  • Naaman Brown

    as Cpl. Goroka (uncredited)

  • Lysa D'Anjou

    as French guide (uncredited)

  • Fuji

    as Japanese Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Clive Halliday

    as Australian Major General (uncredited)

  • Gavin W. Harper

    as Seaman (uncredited)

  • Dale Ishimoto

    as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)

  • Roy Jenson

    as Shark Bait - USS Echo Crewman (uncredited)

  • Richard Quine

    as Narrator (uncredited)

  • Hudson Shotwell

    as Adm. Hathaway (uncredited)

  • Sid Tomack

    as Arthur, Bartender at Kangaroo Club (uncredited)

  • Richard Torrence

    as Horse (uncredited)

  • Ron Veto

    as Native (uncredited)

  • Russ Whiteman

    as American Colonel (uncredited)
Directing Richard Murphy Director
Writing Richard Murphy Screenplay
Production Fred Kohlmar Producer
Writing Herbert H. Margolis Screenstory
Writing William Raynor Screenstory
Writing Herbert Carlson Story
Sound George Duning Original Music Composer
Camera Charles Lawton Jr. Director of Photography
Art Carl Anderson Art Direction
Editing Charles Nelson Editor
Art Louis Diage Set Decoration
Directing Sam Nelson Assistant Director
Costume & Make-Up Ben Lane Makeup Supervisor
Costume & Make-Up Helen Hunt Hairstylist
Sound Charles J. Rice Recording Supervision
Sound George Cooper Sound
Sound Arthur Morton Orchestrator

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