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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:
The crew of PT-73 get into trouble when they back the wrong horse in a race. Now they have to come up... more | add synopsis
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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

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Trivia:
"McHale's Navy's" PT 73 was a British-designed 70-foot Vosper MTB (Motor Torpedo Boat) built under license in the U.S. for export to Russia. World War II ended before the boat could be sent to the Soviet Union. The boat was used for shots of PT 73 underway at sea, while a full-scale mock-up was used for studio scenes. The real PT 73 in WWII was a 78-foot Higgins PT boat, assigned to the U.S. Navy's MTB Squadron 13, and was placed in service on August 12, 1942. PT 73 was destroyed to prevent capture after running aground while delivering supplies to guerrillas near Lubang Island in the Philippines, on January 15, 1945. more
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Revealing mistakes: When shown in close-up, the cockpit of Captain Binghamton's observation plane has no Plexiglass. Plexiglass would likely have reflected the studio lights. more
Movie Connections:
Followed by McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force (1965) more

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A Little Side Note, 30 January 2007
Author: angelsluv from United States

I do enjoy this movie.. It's silly and far better than the remake that was made in the 1990's. Think I've seen this 50 times or more... When I was a child, the movie and show were on constantly in syndication.. Back in the day of this being made, it was very popular to make comedy war movies, like this one and "Operation Peticoat"... Recently just seeing this movie again on AMC, I was stunned to find out that Bob Hope was actually offered the title role for this, but refused it... You would have thought that he would have taken it on being that he basically accepted so many movie parts to keep his name in circulation.. *LOL*

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