| The Wackiest Ship in the Army | |
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| Directed by | Richard Murphy |
| Written by | Richard Murphy Herbert Margolis William Raynor |
| Based on | Big Fella Wash-Wash 1956 story in Argosy by Herbert Carlson |
| Produced by | Fred Kohlmar |
| Starring | Jack Lemmon Ricky Nelson |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
| Edited by | Charles Nelson |
| Music by | George Duning |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $3.6 million[1] |
The Wackiest Ship in the Army is an American 1960 Eastmancolor CinemaScope comedy-drama war film directed by Richard Murphy and starring Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, and Chips Rafferty. It was filmed at Pearl Harbor and Kauai.
The story is a dramatized, fictionalized account of a real ship known as the USS Echo. It was a sailing vessel that originated in New Zealand and became part of the United States Navy during World War II.
- ^ "1961 Rentals and Potential". Variety. 10 Jan 1961. p. 13.