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The Wackiest Ship in the Army is an American 1960 Eastmancolor CinemaScope comedy-drama war film directed by Richard Murphy and starring Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, and Chips Rafferty. It was filmed at Pearl Harbor and Kauai .
A yachtsman (Jack Lemmon) takes command of a sailing ship (USS Echo) for a secret mission in WW2. The film features Ricky Nelson, John Lund, Mike Kellin and other actors in a humorous drama.
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- Comedy, Drama, War
- Richard Murphy
- 1960-12-29
During WW II, Lt. Rip Crandall (Lemmon) commands the USS Echo, a run-down ship with the archetypal inexperienced, motley crew, assigned to deliver an Austral...
In Feb 1943, Lt. Rip Crandall of the U.S. Navy is promoted to his first command and arrives in a hidden harbor in the South Pacific, where he surveys a flotilla of destroyers. Crandall's heart sinks when, among the proud vessels, he spots his new ship, the U.S.S. Echo , a dilapidated schooner.
- Richard Murphy, Pat Corleto, Sam Nelson
- Jack Lemmon
A comedy drama war film starring Jack Lemmon as Lt. Rip Crandall, who leads a motley crew to deliver an Australian observer to a Japanese-held island during WW II. Watch it for free on Tubi TV, but only if it's available.
- Richard Murphy
- January 1, 1961
- Jack Lemmon
The Wackiest Ship in the Army: With Jack Warden, Gary Collins, Mike Kellin, Mark Slade. In the spring of 1942, the New Zealand government presents the U.S. a 70-year-old wooden twin-masted schooner. The US military decides to use the ship to place spies ashore behind Japanese lines.
Lt. Rip Crandall (Jack Lemmon) is entrusted with one of the most important missions of his World War II career: to shuttle an Australian spy (Chips Rafferty) into enemy territory....
- Comedy, Drama
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