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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.
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Dec 29, 1960
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 12, 2004
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Cast
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Jack Lemmon
Rip Crandall
R
Ricky Nelson
Tommy Hanson
J
John Lund
Wilbur Vandewater
C
Chips Rafferty
Patterson
T
Tom Tully
Captain McClung
J
Joby Baker
Josh Davidson
W
Warren Berlinger
A.J. Sparks
P
Patricia Driscoll
Maggie
M
Mike Kellin
Jack MacCarthy
R
Richard Anderson
Dennis Foster
A
Alvy Moore
Johnson
J
Joseph Gallison
T
Teru Shimada
Samada
G
George Shibata
Captain Shigetsu
P
Phil Adams
Crewman (uncredited)
J
John Anderson
Sailor (uncredited)
N
Nesdon Booth
Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
N
Naaman Brown
Corporal Goroka (uncredited)
C
Clive Halliday
Australian Major General (uncredited)
D
Dale Ishimoto
Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
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