The Wackiest Ship in the Army (film)
- The Wackiest Ship in the Army (film)
Infobox Film
name = The Wackiest Ship in the Army
caption = Original Movie Cover
director = Richard Murphy
writer = Herbert Carlson
distributor = Columbia Pictures
starring = Jack Lemmon
Ricky Nelson
released = December 20, 1960
runtime = 99 min.
language = English
"The Wackiest Ship in the Army" is a 1960 comedy film starring Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson.
Plot summary
Lieutenant Rip Crandall (Jack Lemmon) is hoodwinked into taking command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" (or the Army?) - a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don't know a jib from a jigger. What none of them knows, including Crandall, is that this ship has a very important top-secret mission to complete in waters patrolled by the Japanese fleet. Their mission will save hundreds of allied lives - if only they can get there in one piece. Crandell's Ensign (junior officer) is Tommy Hanson (Ricky Nelson).
Cast
*Jack Lemmon "as" Lt. Rip Crandell
*Ricky Nelson "as" Tommy J. Hanson
*John Lund "as" Lt. Cmdr. Wilbur F. Vandewater
*Chips Rafferty "as" Patterson (coast watcher)
*Tom Tully "as" Capt. McClung
*Joby Baker "as" Josh Davidson
*Warren Berlington "as" Radioman 2nd Class A.J. 'Sparks' Sparks
*Patricia Driscoll "as" Maggie
TV Series
The story was also used for the 1965 TV series The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV series).
Ship
* The USS "Echo" was based on the real-life USS "Echo", a 40 year old schooner or scow that was transferred from the New Zealand government to the US Navy in 1942, and returned to the New Zealand government in 1944.
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