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Don't Give Up the Ship is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Norman Taurog released in USA on 3 july 1959 with Jerry Lewis
Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 3 july 1959
Length 1h25
Directed by Norman Taurog
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Seafaring films, Transport films, United States Armed Forces in films
Rating62%
Don't Give Up the Ship is a comedy directed by Norman Taurog and starring Jerry Lewis. It was filmed from October 21, 1958 to January 30, 1959, and released on July 3, 1959 by Paramount Pictures.
Synopsis
Following World War II, an entire destroyer escort, the U.S.S. Kornblatt, has mysteriously gone missing. Lieutenant John Paul Steckler VII (Jerry Lewis), the last of a long line of good-natured but goofing-up US Navy officers, was tasked with guiding the Kornblatt to its decommission, but somehow the ship disappeared on its home journey without a trace. Now, with a $4 billion appropriation at stake, Congressman Mandeville (Gale Gordon) refuses to approve the funds until the Kornblatt is recovered; and Steckler's former superior, Vice Admiral Bludde (Robert Middleton), who has been trying to sugarcoat this embarrassing incidence, has no other choice but to comply.Actors
Jerry Lewis
(John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII)
Dina Merrill
(Ens. Rita J. Benson)
Claude Akins
(Lt. Cmdr. Farber)
Robert Middleton
(Vice Adm. Philo Tecumseh Bludde)
Gale Gordon
(Congressman Mandeville)
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