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You'll crack your timbers when you see how the Navy sticks the Army sad sacks with the crumbiest ship afloat! - The Wackiest Ship in the Army
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Title: The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Release Date: 29 Dec 1960

Runtime: 1h 39m

Genre: Comedy, War

Director: Columbia Pictures

Production Companies: Columbia Pictures

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.

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Average Vote: 5.875 (36 votes)

Cast

  • Rip Crandall: Jack Lemmon
  • Tommy Hanson: Ricky Nelson
  • Wilbur Vandewater: John Lund
  • Patterson: Chips Rafferty
  • Captain McClung: Tom Tully
  • Josh Davidson: Joby Baker
  • A.J. Sparks: Warren Berlinger
  • Maggie: Patricia Driscoll
  • Jack MacCarthy: Mike Kellin
  • Dennis Foster: Richard Anderson
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