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The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)

Director: Richard Murphy

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From Time Out Film Guide

Lemmon flaps amiably enough as the lieutenant in charge of scrap-bound gunship 'The Echo', surprisingly charged with providing an escort through Japanese-controlled waters in the South Pacific in 1943, yet the vessel's real role is to provide an erratic decoy that'll suitably bamboozle enemy strategists. Passable blend of laughter and heroics, thankfully never quite as 'zany' as the title suggests.

Author: TJ

Time Out Film Guide


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Cast & crew

Director: Richard Murphy

Producer: Fred Kohlmar

Cast: Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund, Chips Rafferty, Tom Tully, Joby Baker, Patricia Driscoll full cast

Genre(s): Comedy

Duration: 100 mins




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