McHale's Navy (1997)

Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the old PT-73 selling homebrew, ice cream, and swimsuit calendars. He's brought out of ... See full summary »

Director:

Bryan Spicer

Writers:

Peter Crabbe (story), Andy Rose (story),

Stars:

Tom Arnold, Dean Stockwell, Debra Messing

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Arnold	...	Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale
Dean Stockwell	...	Capt. Wallace B. Binghampton
Debra Messing	...	Lt. Penelope Carpenter
David Alan Grier	...	Ensign Charles Parker
Tim Curry	...	Maj. Vladikov
Ernest Borgnine	...	Cobra
Bruce Campbell	...	Virgil
French Stewart	...	Happy
Danton Stone	...	Gruber
Brian Haley	...	Christy
Henry Cho	...	Willie
Anthony Jesse Cruz	...	Roberto Valenzuela
Honorato Magaloni	...	Castro
Guillermo Ríos	...	Jose
Eduardo López Rojas	...	Gonzales (as Eduardo Lopez Rojas)

Storyline

Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the old PT-73 selling homebrew, ice cream, and swimsuit calendars. He's brought out of retirement when his old nemesis turned the second best terrorist in the world, Major Vladikov, takes over the island of San Moreno and starts building a nuclear launch silo on it. With help from his old crew and hindrances from Captain Wallace B. Binghampton, who sank a cruise liner a while back, McHale tries to put Vladikov out of business.

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Plot Keywords:

island | terrorist | captain | military | ice cream | 

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Taglines:

Dare to rock the boat.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for action/violence, mild language and innuendos

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 April 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Gyagyások serege

Filming Locations:

Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico

Box Office

Budget:

$31,190,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$2,128,565 (USA) (18 April 1997)

Gross:

$4,368,453 (USA) (16 May 1997)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bubble Factory, The, Sheinberg Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jason Alexander turned down the role of Ensign Charles Parker, citing displeasure with the script.

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Goofs

(at around 14 mins) Lt. Carpenter has no epaulets on her dress uniform. They appear later in the film, remain, and vanish at the end (01:40:51).

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Quotes

Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale: Cuba. The land of oppression. And opportunity.

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Connections

References The Love Boat (1977)

User Reviews

stop over analyzing

The acting isn't the best and the story line is pretty stupid but it's a fun movie. Don't over analyze it because it's supposed to be a funny and retarded movie.

Why else would Tom Arnold be in it? lol

If you are a serious or uptight person who only appreciates high budget awarded winning films than don't bother watching it. On the other hand, if you are like me and enjoy watching all types of movies from low budget yet entertaining disasters to box office hits than you would probably enjoy this movie.

I love Tim Curry as Vladikov. He is a great actor and always does extremely funny roles.

I love this movie.It was extremely cheesy but it is so entertaining. When ever I want a good laugh this is one of the films I watch.