The Wackiest Ship in the Army

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alan g Good movie with Jack Lemmon reprising, sort of, his Ensign Pulver routine. Several problems: the ship is supposed to be part of the army, not the airforce. A naval lieutenant calls a navy captain "colonel". He should know better. Also he gets stabbed through the chest with a samurai sword. It should have killed him. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/25/25 Full Review Steve D Wacky? Yes, but never good. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Jack Lemmon is a lieutenant given command of a small and decrepit sailing schooner. He initially tries to refuse this command, but after quite a bit of cajoling and intrigue, he finally accepts. And why does the Navy want him so badly to do it? As a civilian, he was a racer of sailing ships-and people in the Navy knew nothing about how to operate one, not even the crew assigned to this ship. And why is the Navy even using a sailing schooner to begin with? To reach a port in Japanese waters that neither a regular ship nor a submarine could access. A good potential idea, perhaps, but this comedy has few laughs in it. There were a couple of good scenes, such as a sailor crossing a big ship by being taken up in a crane standing on a hook, then moving to the hook of a second crane to be taken to the ship's opposite side, and there was a scene of the schooner fighting not to get crushed between two bigger boats coming alongside them. But most of the movie is insipid and unfunny, and we were too bored to make it to the end. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Fun WWII comedy about Lemmon as the captain of a sailboat commissioned to indiscreetly spy on Japanese military movements. Ricky Nelson is his first mate and he, of course, gets to sing. Nothing brilliant, but it's a fun little film. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Yikes....boring movie. I thought it would be funny for a while there, but I became quite the "yawner". Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Better than I expected and Ricky Nelson sings in it too! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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