The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)

99 min · Komödie, comedy drama, war film

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Directors

Richard Murphy

Cast

Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund, Chips Rafferty, Tom Tully, Joby Baker, Warren Berlinger, Patricia Driscoll, Mike Kellin

The story

In 1943, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Rip Crandall, an expert yachtsman in civilian life, is based at Townsville, in Australia. He is surprised to be assigned command of a sailing ship, the USS Echo, a unique ship in the Pacific Fleet.

Catalogue themes and tags

Assault, Captain, Chaos, Crew, Gefecht, Japanese Army, Rettungstrupp, Ship, Ship Wreck, War, World War 2, geheime Operation, japan, Family Film, Comedy, War film

Genres

Komödie, comedy drama, war film

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