The Wackiest Ship in the Army
6.3
“You'll crack your timbers when you see how the Navy sticks the Army sad sacks with the crumbiest ship afloat!”
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
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Jack Lemmon
Rip Crandall
Known for
The Apartment
Some Like It Hot
Ricky Nelson
Tommy Hanson
Known for
Rio Bravo
John Lund
Wilbur Vandewater
Known for
A Foreign Affair
High Society
Chips Rafferty
Patterson
Known for
Wake in Fright
Mutiny on the Bounty
Tom Tully
Captain McClung
Known for
Coogan's Bluff
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Joby Baker
Josh Davidson
Known for
Blackbeard's Ghost
Avalanche
Warren Berlinger
A.J. Sparks
Known for
The Long Goodbye
Hero
Patricia Driscoll
Maggie
Also in
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Child and the Killer
Mike Kellin
Jack MacCarthy
Known for
Sleepaway Camp
Midnight Express
Richard Anderson
Dennis Foster
Known for
The Six Million Dollar Man
Paths of Glory
Alvy Moore
Johnson
Known for
Green Acres
A Boy and His Dog
Joseph Gallison
Known for
Days of Our Lives
Richard Murphy Director · Herbert Carlson Story George Duning Composer
United States release December 29, 1960 · Produced in United States
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 29, 1960
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1961 · Theatrical
France
May 10, 1961 · Theatrical
Italy
August 25, 1961 · Theatrical
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