The Wackiest Ship in the Army
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The Wackiest Ship in the Army is a 1960 World War II comedy film (later adapted into a TV series) about a misfit Navy crew assigned to a quirky sailing vessel on a dangerous mission in the Pacific.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960 film) | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
short story "Big Fella Wash-Wash"
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short story by Herbert Carlson ⓘ |
| castMember |
Jack Lemmon
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John Lund NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Kellin NERFINISHED ⓘ Patricia Driscoll NERFINISHED ⓘ Ricky Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Burnett Guffey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | black-and-white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Richard Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Charles Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Hawaii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
World War II film
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war comedy ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTVAdaptationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Jack Lemmon
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Ricky Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | feature film ⓘ |
| militaryBranchDepicted | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | George Duning NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
dangerous mission behind enemy lines
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misfit U.S. Navy crew ⓘ |
| notableFor | blend of naval action and slapstick comedy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| runtime | 99 minutes ⓘ |
| screenplayAdaptationForTVBy | Danny Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Richard Murphy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Pacific theater of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleCharacterVessel | USS Echo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tvSeriesEndYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| tvSeriesNetwork | NBC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tvSeriesPremiereYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| vesselTypeDepicted | schooner ⓘ |
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The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960 film)