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McHale's Navy (1962)

McHale's Navy poster
Genre
sitcom
Country
United States
Length
4 seasons, 138 episodes
Rated
TV-G
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sitcom about a group of misfit sailors serving on a PT boat during World War II. The show follows their bumbling adventures and comedic mishaps as they try to avoid trouble with their commanding officer.

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What happens

McHale's Navy is an American sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from October 11, 1962, to April 12, 1966, on the ABC television network. The series was filmed in black and white and originated from a one-hour drama titled "Seven Against the Sea", broadcast on April 3, 1962, as part of the Alcoa Premiere anthology series. The ABC series spawned three feature films: McHale's Navy (1964); a sequel, McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965); and a 1997 sequel-remake of the original series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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