CinemaOSMovie · 1959 · 1h 29m · NR
Don't Give Up the Ship

The Funniest Story of High-Seas Hilarity Ever to Set Audiences Adrift in Helpless Hysteria!

64%(23)IMDbComedy

The Navy expects a veteran to pay for the ship he commanded, as they have no record of its return.

Directed byNorman Taurog

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 29m
Language
EN
Released
July 3, 1959
Studios
Paramount PicturesHal Wallis Productions

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Don't Give Up the Ship - Trailer

Don't Give Up the Ship - Trailer

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Jerry Lewis

Jerry Lewis

John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII

Dina Merrill

Dina Merrill

Ens. Rita J. Benson

Diana Spencer

Diana Spencer

Prudence Trabert Steckler

Mickey Shaughnessy

Mickey Shaughnessy

Stan Wychinski

Robert Middleton

Robert Middleton

Vice Adm. Philo Tecumseh Bludde

Gale Gordon

Gale Gordon

Congressman Mandeville

Mabel Albertson

Mabel Albertson

Mrs. Trabert

Claude Akins

Claude Akins

Lt. Cmdr. Farber

Hugh Sanders

Hugh Sanders

Adm. Rogers

Richard Shannon

Richard Shannon

Cmdr. Cross

Creative team
Directed by
Norman Taurog
Norman Taurog
Written by
Edmund Beloin
Henry Garson
Produced by
Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis

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