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, 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.
Directed by Richard Murphy
ship
navy
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.0 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Jack Lemmon
Rip Crandall
Ricky Nelson
Tommy Hanson
John Lund
Wilbur Vandewater
Chips Rafferty
Patterson
Tom Tully
Captain McClung
Joby Baker
Josh Davidson
Warren Berlinger
A.J. Sparks
Mike Kellin
Jack MacCarthy
Richard Anderson
Dennis Foster
Alvy Moore
Johnson
Teru Shimada
Samada
John Anderson
Sailor (uncredited)
Crew
George Duning
Original Music Composer
Charles Lawton Jr.
Director of Photography
Popular Reviews
4 reviews
chloe wilks
6.0★ · 03/11/26
I love the cartoonish head “bonks” and i love Ricky Nelson singing to me so as for movies my dad picked out to watch after dinner, could’ve been worse
I love the cartoonish head “bonks” and i love Ricky Nelson singing to me so as for movies my dad picked out to watch after dinner, could’ve been worse