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The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)iMDB Rating: 6.2
Date Released : 29 December 1960
Genre : Comedy, War
Stars : Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund, Chips Rafferty. 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..." />
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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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Review :

Richard Murphy's The Wackiest Ship in the Army

In this WWII comedy, Jack Lemmon plays a young lieutenant who

finally gets command of his own ship- a small sailboat with an

inexperienced crew. Rick Nelson is his second in command, and

the ship must sail. This lightweight comedy is not terribly funny, but

not bad, either.

The breezy feel of the film is helped by an almost complete lack of

plot. Lemmon takes the boat through dangerous waters watched

by the Japanese, picks up an Australian spy who tracks Japanese

navy positions from the jungle, and sails him to the jungle. The

ship is captured, but our heroes escape and return back to base.

Aside from the Japanese, the only other conflict is between

Lemmon and the ageless Richard Anderson, who plays a hard

nosed commander ready to take over the sailboat.

The film works mostly because of Lemmon. He is so good and so

likable here, you forget little things like a romantic subplot that

never pans out. Nelson even finds a chance to croon a song,

giving us a break from the loud, unsubtle musical score.

Despite the title, most of the humor here is derived from the men's

war situation; not anything terribly wacky happens. There are

laughs, two running gags involve people knocking themselves on

the head, and a funny one involving Lemmon's quest for a decent

cup of coffee. Another light moment that is not pounded into the

ground- the men dress as natives, complete with grass skirts and

coconut shell bras, to fool the enemy into thinking they are a local

trading ship. The scene is funny without being racist and offensive.

The suspense about the mission is often undermined by a

reliance on stock footage to show battle scenes. This is a comedy,

yet we are watching actual footage of war, and this is a little

unsettling. When director Murphy is allowed to shoot his own

action sequences, they work, especially the cruise through the

mined harbor.

"The Wackiest Ship in the Army" spawned a television show, and

that is about the level of the script. This is nothing that will change

your life, but watching Lemmon's comic skills and good nature

make this an enjoyable enough time filler. I slightly recommend it.

This is unrated, and contains some physical violence, some gun

violence, and mild adult situations.