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The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1961)

Comedy drama

A luckless naval Lieutenant is duped into commanding a dangerous mission into enemy territory during the Bismarck Sea Battle, but his boat is barely shipshape, and his crew turns out to be a bunch of wise-cracking landlubbers.

Country: USA

Cast and crew

Richard MurphyDirector
Jack LemmonLt. Rip Crandall
Ricky NelsonEns. Tommy J. Hanson
John LundLt. Cmdr. Wilbur F. Vandewater
Chips RaffertyBoomer McKye
Tom TullyCapt. McClung
Joby BakerJosh Davidson
Warren BerlingerRadioman 2nd Class A.J. "Sparks" Sparks
Patricia DriscollMaggie
Mike KellinChief Mate Jack MacCarthy
Richard AndersonLt. Dennis M. Foster
Alvy MooreSeaman J. Johnson
Joe Gallison"Cameo"
Teru ShimadaMaj. Samada
George ShibataCapt. Shigetsu

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