The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Movie · Comedy · Drama

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. Unfortunately, he'll be doing it with one of the Navy's least seaworthy vessels, the USS Echo. But even in a clunker of a ship, Crandall and his madcap crew -- including his enthusiastic young ensign (Ricky Nelson) -- do their best to make their ill-equipped mission a success.

2012 · 1h 39m
Starring Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund
Director Richard Murphy

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  • Jack Lemmon
    Lt. Rip Crandall
  • Ricky Nelson
    Ens. Tommy J. Hanson
  • John Lund
    Lt. Cmdr. Wilbur F. Vandewater
  • Chips Rafferty
    Patterson
  • Tom Tully
    Capt. McClung
  • Joby Baker
    Josh Davidson
  • Warren Berlinger
    Radioman 2nd Class A.J. "Sparks" Sparks
  • Patricia Driscoll
    Maggie
  • Mike Kellin
    Chief Mate Jack MacCarthy
  • Richard Anderson
    Lt. Dennis M. Foster
  • Alvy Moore
    Seaman J. Johnson

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The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Comedy

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. Unfortunately, he'll be doing it with one of the Navy's least seaworthy vessels, the USS Echo. But even in a clunker of a ship, Crandall and his madcap crew -- including his enthusiastic young ensign (Ricky Nelson) -- do their best to make their ill-equipped mission a success.

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Studio
Columbia
Released
2012
Run Time
1 hr 39 min
Rated
не має індексу фільму
Region of Origin
United States
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