Don't Give Up the Ship
“The Funniest Story of High-Seas Hilarity Ever to Set Audiences Adrift in Helpless Hysteria!”
1959•NR•1h 29m•6.4•Released
Comedy
The Navy expects a veteran to pay for the ship he commanded, as they have no record of its return.
Director
Norman Taurog
Writer
Edmund Beloin, Henry Garson, Herbert Baker
Languages
Spanish, English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Cast
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
George Sasaki
Asian Crewman (uncredited)
Production
Company
Paramount Pictures
Company
Hal Wallis Productions
Producer
Hal B. Wallis
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