Don't Give Up the Ship
The Funniest Story of High-Seas Hilarity Ever to Set Audiences Adrift in Helpless Hysteria!
1959 | 89m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Norman Taurog |
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| Writer: | Herbert Baker, Ellis Kadison, Edmund Beloin, Henry Garson |
| Staring: |
| The Navy expects a veteran to pay for the ship he commanded, as they have no record of its return. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 03, 1959 |
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| Director: | Norman Taurog |
| Writer: | Herbert Baker, Ellis Kadison, Edmund Beloin, Henry Garson |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | navy |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 21, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jerry Lewis | John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII |
| Dina Merrill | Ens. Rita J. Benson |
| Diana Spencer | Prudence Trabert Steckler |
| Mickey Shaughnessy | Stan Wychinski |
| Robert Middleton | Vice Adm. Philo Tecumseh Bludde |
| Gale Gordon | Congressman Mandeville |
| Mabel Albertson | Mrs. Trabert |
| Claude Akins | Lt. Cmdr. Farber |
| Hugh Sanders | Adm. Rogers |
| Richard Shannon | Cmdr. Cross |
| Chuck Wassil | Cmdr. Craig |
| Burt Metcalfe | Lt. Bond |
| Pamela Duncan | Lt. Ward |
| Karl Lukas | Dugan |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Herbert Baker | Screenplay |
| Norman Taurog | Director |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Michael D. Moore | Second Unit Director, Assistant Director |
| Walter Scharf | Original Music Composer |
| 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 |
| Ray Moyer | Set Decoration |
| Nellie Manley | Hair Supervisor |
| Gene Merritt | Sound Recordist |
| Winston H. Leverett | Sound Recordist |
| Jack Mintz | Dialogue Coach |
| Edmund Beloin | Screenplay |
| Henry Garson | Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Hal B. Wallis | Producer |
| Paul Nathan | Associate Producer |
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| 2025 | 5 | 836 | 869 |