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Director:
Edward Montagne
Writers:
Si Rose (story)
Frank Gill Jr. (writer) ...
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Release Date:
June 1964 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | War more
Plot:
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Cast

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Ernest Borgnine ... Lt. Commander Quinton McHale
Tim Conway ... Ensign Charles Parker
Joe Flynn ... Captain Wallace B. Binghamton
Bob Hastings ... Lt. Elroy Carpenter
Gary Vinson ... Quartermaster George Christopher (Christy)
John Wright ... Willy Moss
Carl Ballantine ... Torpedoman Lester Gruber
Billy Sands ... Motor Machinist Mate Harrison Bell

Edson Stroll ... Virgil Edwards

Gavin MacLeod ... Seaman Joseph 'Happy' Hanes
Yoshio Yoda ... Fuji Kobiaji
Jean Willes ... Margot Monet
Claudine Longet ... Andrea Bouchard
George Kennedy ... Henri Le Clerc
Marcel Hillaire ... Chief de Gendarmes
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Australia:PG
Company:
Universal Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Carl Ballantine's movie debut. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: When Seaman "Happy" Hanes meets some Marines, he greets them by saying "Which one of you is John Wayne?" This movie is set in 1943. However, John Wayne didn't portray a Marine until 1949 in "The Sands of Iwo Jima". more
Movie Connections:
Followed by McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965) more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
MINOR COMEDY CLASSIC, 27 May 2003
9/10
Author: bob brasher (bbrasher1) from Chicago Il., U.S.A.

After recently trashing the hideous 1997 remake, I felt it appropriate to review the film that spawned perhaps the worst remake of any movie or series in the history of cinema. Actually, Mchale's Navy (the original, mind you) is more like a ninety minute episode of the TV series. It doesn't matter. If you're a fan of the series, it's well worth the time. Tim Conway as klutzy Ensign Parker and Joe Flynn as Captain "I could just scream" Binghampton are every bit as hilarious here as in the TV series.

All the more reason to avoid the 1997 dog turd starring Tom Arnold and Dean Stockwell.

Rating: ****1/2 out of *****

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