The Wackiest Ship in the Army

(1960)

Film4, 5.10pm ★★★

US Navy Lieutenant Rip Crandall (Jack Lemmon) is tricked into taking command of, you guessed it, the “Wackiest Ship”: the USS Echo, complete with its incompetent crew. But this ship has an important top-secret mission to complete. Expect lots of slapstick involving the sail’s boom, conveniently open hatches and sailors toppling overboard.