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McHale's Navy (1997)

McHale's Navy poster
Directed by
Bryan Spicer
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
PG
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 82 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A naval officer and his crew of misfits get into comedic trouble. The movie is based on a classic TV show about a World War II PT boat crew.

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What happens

McHale's Navy is a 1997 American military comedy film directed by Bryan Spicer, and starring Tom Arnold, David Alan Grier, Dean Stockwell, Debra Messing and Tim Curry. The screenplay by Peter Crabbe and Andy Rose is based on the 1962–1966 television series of the same title. Ernest Borgnine was the only member of the series' cast to appear in the film. McHale's Navy was theatrically released on April 18, 1997, by Universal Pictures, to critical and commercial failure, grossing $4.5 million against a $42 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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