The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Jack Lemmon
Lt. Rip Crandall
Ricky Nelson
Ens. Tommy Hanson
John Lund
Lt. Cmdr. Wilbur Vandewater
Chips Rafferty
Patterson
Tom Tully
Capt. McClung
Joby Baker
Josh Davidson
Warren Berlinger
Radioman A.J. Sparks
Patricia Driscoll
Maggie
Mike Kellin
Chief Mate Jack MacCarthy
Alvy Moore
Johnson
Richard Anderson
Lt. Dennis Foster
Richard Murphy
Director
Teru Shimada
Samada
George Shibata
Captain Shigetsu
Herbert H. Margolis
Writer
Phil Adams
Crewman (uncredited)
Herb Margolis
Writer
John Anderson
Sailor (uncredited)
William Raynor
Writer
Herbert Carlson
Writer
Tom Anthony
Crewman (uncredited)
Fred Kohlmar
Producer
Nesdon Booth
Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
George Duning
Composer
Naaman Brown
Cpl. Goroka (uncredited)
Charles Lawton Jr.
Cinematographer
Lysa D'Anjou
French guide (uncredited)
Fuji
Japanese Sergeant (uncredited)
Charles Nelson
Editor
Clive Halliday
Australian Major General (uncredited)
Gavin W. Harper
Seaman (uncredited)
Dale Ishimoto
Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
Shark Bait - USS Echo Crewman (uncredited)
Richard Quine
Narrator (uncredited)
Hudson Shotwell
Adm. Hathaway (uncredited)
Sid Tomack
Arthur, Bartender at Kangaroo Club (uncredited)
Richard Torrence
Horse (uncredited)
Ron Veto
Native (uncredited)
Russ Whiteman
American Colonel (uncredited)
George Cooper
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Details.
Release DateDecember 29, 1960
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Content RatingNR
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Wiki.
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. It was a sailing vessel that originated in New Zealand and became part of the United States Navy during World War II.
