The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)

Directed by

Richard Murphy

Genre

war film, comedy drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A misfit crew of sailors is given an old sailing ship to use for a secret mission in the Pacific during World War II. The crew struggles to handle the outdated vessel while dealing with the dangers of war.

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What happens

The Wackiest Ship in the Army is a 1960 American war comedy-drama film directed by Richard Murphy and starring Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson, with John Lund, Chips Rafferty, Tom Tully, Joby Baker, Warren Berlinger, and Patricia Driscoll. It was filmed at Pearl Harbor and Kauaʻi. The story is a dramatized, fictionalized account of a real ship known as the USS Echo. It was a sailing vessel that originated in New Zealand and became part of the United States Navy during World War II. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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