"The Funniest Story of High-Seas Hilarity Ever to Set Audiences Adrift in Helpless Hysteria!" 03 July 1959 Comedy 89 mins
The Navy expects a veteran to pay for the ship he commanded, as they have no record of its return.
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Jerry Lewis as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
Dina Merrill as Ens. Rita J. Benson
Diana Spencer as Prudence Trabert Steckler
Mickey Shaughnessy as Stan Wychinski
Robert Middleton as Vice Adm. Philo Tecumseh Bludde
Gale Gordon as Congressman Mandeville
Mabel Albertson as Mrs. Trabert
Claude Akins as Lt. Cmdr. Farber
Hugh Sanders as Adm. Rogers
Richard Shannon as Cmdr. Cross
Chuck Wassil as Cmdr. Craig
Burt Metcalfe as Lt. Bond
Pamela Duncan as Lt. Ward
Karl Lukas as Dugan
George Sasaki as Asian Crewman (uncredited)
Martin Smith as Officer (uncredited)
Ellis Kadison Story
Norman Taurog Director
Edmund Beloin Screenplay
Henry Garson Screenplay
Herbert Baker Screenplay
Murray Young Grip
Hal Pereira Art Direction
Winston H. Leverett Sound Recordist
Edith Head Costume Design
Gene Merritt Sound Recordist
Paul Nathan Associate Producer
Wally Westmore Makeup Supervisor
Nellie Manley Hair Supervisor
Walter H. Tyler Art Direction
Hal B. Wallis Producer
Michael D. Moore Assistant Director
A Canoa Furou Trailer
Austria 01 March 1960
Germany 26 February 1960
Sweden 03 July 1959
United States 03 July 1959
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This is a film comprised primarily from footage shot by the exploring team of Mr. and Mrs. William Phillips, nee Bill and Eve Phillips, a minor league version of the better-known Martin and Osa Johnson.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1959 Paramount Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions.
