Directed by:
Richard MurphyScreenplay:
Richard MurphyCinematography:
Charles Lawton Jr.Composer:
George DuningCast:
Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund, Chips Rafferty, Tom Tully, Joby Baker, Mike Kellin, Richard Anderson, John Anderson, Joseph Gallison, Teru Shimada (more)VOD (1)
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During World War II, the Army recruits Navy officer Rip Crandall (Lemmon) to command a battered old schooner for a top-secret mission. Masquerading as a Japanese fishing boat, this nautical nightmare must smuggle a spy through mine-infested waters of the South Pacific. Unfortunately for Crandall, he has inherited a wild crew of butterfingered landlubbers, including First Officer Tommy Hanson (Nelson). Can the dedicated lieutenant whip these comically inexperienced gobs into shape in time to carry out their perilous mission? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jack Lemmon
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
JFK (1991)
The Apartment (1960)
Ricky Nelson
USA
Best movies:
Rio Bravo (1959)
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
The Shootist (1976) - a.f.
John Lund
USA
Best movies:
To Each His Own (1946)
White Feather (1955)
A Foreign Affair (1948)
Chips Rafferty
Australia
Best movies:
Wake in Fright (1971)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Kangaroo (1952)
Tom Tully
USA
Best movies:
Ten North Frederick (1958)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
The Moon Is Blue (1953)
Joby Baker
Canada
Best movies:
Girl Happy (1965)
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)
Mike Kellin
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
The Incident (1967)
The Boston Strangler (1968)
Richard Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Paths of Glory (1957)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
John Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
North and South (1985) (series)
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
Joseph Gallison
USA
Best movies:
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
Separate Lives (1995)
Teru Shimada
Japan
Best movies:
King Rat (1965)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
Roy Jenson
Canada
Best movies:
Cry for Me, Billy (1972)
Chinatown (1974)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Alvy Moore
USA
Best movies:
Here Come the Littles (1985)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
Hudson Shotwell
USA
Best movies:
Test Pilot (1938)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
Nesdon Booth
USA
Best movies:
Rio Bravo (1959)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Funny Face (1957)
Warren Berlinger
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Hero (1992)