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The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Richard Murphy

1960 • 1h 39m

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, i...

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Cast

Jack Lemmon

Jack LemmonRip Crandall

Ricky Nelson

Ricky NelsonTommy Hanson

John Lund

John LundWilbur Vandewater

Chips Rafferty

Chips RaffertyPatterson

Tom Tully

Tom TullyCaptain McClung

Joby Baker

Joby BakerJosh Davidson

Warren Berlinger

Warren BerlingerA.J. Sparks

Patricia DriscollMaggie

Mike Kellin

Mike KellinJack MacCarthy

Richard Anderson

Richard AndersonDennis Foster

Alvy Moore

Alvy MooreJohnson

Teru Shimada

Teru ShimadaSamada

George ShibataCaptain Shigetsu

Phil AdamsCrewman (uncredited)

John Anderson

John AndersonSailor (uncredited)

Crew

George Duning

George DuningOriginal Music Composer

Charles Lawton Jr.

Charles Lawton Jr.Director of Photography

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