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The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960) [NR]

Release Date:
December 29, 1960

Original Title:
The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Genres:
Comedy | War

Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
FR: U  US: NR 

Runtime: 99

You'll crack your timbers when you see how the Navy sticks the Army sad sacks with the crumbiest ship afloat!

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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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Production

Art Direction:
Carl Anderson

Assistant Director:
Sam Nelson

Director:
Richard Murphy

Director of Photography:
Charles Lawton Jr.

Editor:
Charles Nelson

Hairstylist:
Helen Hunt

Makeup Supervisor:
Ben Lane

Orchestrator:
Arthur Morton

Original Music Composer:
George Duning

Producer:
Fred Kohlmar

Recording Supervision:
Charles J. Rice

Screenplay:
Richard Murphy

Screenstory:
William Raynor
Herbert H. Margolis

Set Decoration:
Louis Diage

Sound:
George Cooper

Story:
Herbert Carlson

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