The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Dec 29 1960
•2h 39m
•Comedy, War
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.
Cast
See allJack Lemmon
Rip Crandall
Ricky Nelson
Tommy Hanson
John Lund
Wilbur Vandewater
Chips Rafferty
Patterson
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