"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)
Norman Taurog Director
Herbert Baker Screenplay
Edmund Beloin Screenplay
Henry Garson Screenplay
Ellis Kadison Story
Murray Young Grip
Haskell B. Boggs Director of Photography
Walter H. Tyler Art Direction
Hal Pereira Art Direction
John P. Fulton Special Effects
Sam Comer Set Decoration
Ray Moyer Set Decoration
Michael D. Moore Second Unit Director
Edith Head Costume Design
Wally Westmore Makeup Supervisor
Nellie Manley Hair Supervisor
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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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1959 Paramount Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions.
