Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)

Directed by

Norman Taurog

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A former Navy officer tries to account for a missing battleship he was once in charge of. The comedy follows his frantic efforts to track down the ship years later.

lightheartedzanyfast-pacedsillywhimsicalplayfulgoofynostalgic

What happens

Don't Give Up the Ship is a 1959 American black-and-white U.S. Navy comedy film from Paramount Pictures, produced by Hal B. Wallis, directed by Norman Taurog, that stars Jerry Lewis and co-stars Dina Merrill, Diana Spencer, Claude Akins, Robert Middleton, Gale Gordon, and Mickey Shaughnessy. The film was shot from October 21, 1958, to January 30, 1959, and was released June 16, 1959. The film was based on the Alcoa Theatre episode Souvenir aired on December 2, 1957, starring Jack Lemmon that was written by Ellis Arnold Kadison. Kadison's idea was based on Edward Anhalt then serving with the Army Air Force First Motion Picture Unit in Culver City, California signing for a captured German Messerschmidt that was to be used as a prop in a training film. When the aircraft disappeared, Anhalt was issued with a bill from the US Government for $175,000 until a search revealed that the aircraft was discovered as a mockup on the MGM backlot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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