Freshen up your watchlist with Prime Video’s latest roster of movies and TV shows, featuring Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson get that sinking feeling when they pilot THE WACKIEST SHIP IN THE ARMYin this hilarious comedy adventure. I would love to see those episodes again.

While underway, the ship is commanded by Lieutenant Rip Riddle of the US Navy; while in port, the ship is commanded by Major … A dedicated bachelor drunkenly marries a young woman and immediately lives to regret it. Freshen up your watchlist with Prime Video’s latest roster of movies and TV shows, featuring Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? The US military decides to use the ship to place spies ashore behind Japanese lines. An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder. Use the HTML below. During World War II, the Army recruits Navy Officer Rip Crandall (Lemmon) to command a battered old Schooner for a top secret mission. While underway, the ship is commanded by Lieutenant Rip Riddle of the US Navy; while in port, the ship is commanded by Major Simon Butcher of the US Army which leads to many disputes between the two men. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. During WW2, Lt. Rip Crandall, who was a yachtsman before the war, takes command of the USS Echo, a sailing ship, for a secret mission in waters patrolled by Japanese warships.

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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. 7 of 7 people found this review helpful. The US military decides to use the ship to place spies ashore behind Japanese lines. Use the HTML below. In the spring of 1942, the New Zealand government presents the U.S. a 70-year-old wooden twin-masted schooner. He doesn't fit in, leaves with a woman, spends all night with her, falls in love with her and finds out she's his boss' wife. A married man enters his boss' apartment to sign papers for a promotion and finds a party of 200 instead.

Was this review helpful to you? In the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. The submarine Seaview is commissioned to investigate the mysteries of the seas. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets. As much as I liked the movie, I liked the TV series a lot better. 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 do not know a jib from a jigger.Looking for some great streaming picks? During WW2, Lt. Rip Crandall, who was a yachtsman before the war, takes command of the USS Echo, a sailing ship, for a secret mission in waters patrolled by Japanese warships. In the spring of 1942, the New Zealand government presents the U.S. a 70-year-old wooden twin-masted schooner. The Wackiest Ship In The Army (371) IMDb 6.3 1h 39min 1961 13+ 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 Australian observer to a Japanese-held island. The young Mexican Pepe's beloved horse is sold to Hollywood star Ted Holt, leading to Pepe's journey to Hollywood to get the horse back, and Pepe's encounter with half the stars working in Hollywood at the time. I really do wish it was available on VHS or DVD (even in PAL format). Comedy While pursing new companions, a former married couple keep running into one another all over town.

An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture. Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. 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. A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury. With Jack Warden, Gary Collins, Mike Kellin, Mark Slade. Somehow it was just a better fit. Jack Warden really adds something that the movie lacked. The ruse spills over into his career in advertising, and his recent promotion relies on his wholesome and moral appearance.

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Produced by Harry Ackerman and Herbert Hirschman, the series was loosely based on the 1960 film starring Jack Lemmon and Ricky Nelson, which itself was a fictionalized account of a real wartime vessel.