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The Wackiest Ship in the Army

The Wackiest Ship in the Army1960

★6.299 minComedyWar

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.

Director

Writer

Richard Murphy Herbert Carlson

Score

Stars

Jack Lemmon Ricky Nelson John Lund

Cast31

Jack Lemmon
as Rip Crandall
Ricky Nelson
as Tommy Hanson
John Lund
as Wilbur Vandewater
Chips Rafferty
as Patterson
Tom Tully
as Captain McClung
Joby Baker
as Josh Davidson
Warren Berlinger
as A.J. Sparks
Patricia Driscoll
as Maggie
Mike Kellin
as Jack MacCarthy
Richard Anderson
as Dennis Foster
Alvy Moore
as Johnson
Joseph Gallison
Teru Shimada
as Samada
G
George Shibata
as Captain Shigetsu
P
Phil Adams
as Crewman (uncredited)
John Anderson
as Sailor (uncredited)
T
Tom Anthony
as Crewman (uncredited)
Nesdon Booth
as Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
N
Naaman Brown
as Corporal Goroka (uncredited)
Lysa D'Anjou
as French guide (uncredited)
F
Fuji
as Japanese Sergeant (uncredited)
C
Clive Halliday
as Australian Major General (uncredited)
G
Gavin W. Harper
as Seaman (uncredited)
Dale Ishimoto
as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
as Shark Bait (uncredited)
Richard Quine
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
H
Hudson Shotwell
as Admiral Hathaway (uncredited)
Sid Tomack
as Arthur (uncredited)
R
Richard Torrence
as Horse (uncredited)
Ron Veto
as Native (uncredited)
R
Russ Whiteman
as American Colonel (uncredited)

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