1965
1h

Summary In the spring of 1942, the New Zealand government presents the U.S. a 70-year-old wooden twin-masted schooner. The US military decides to use the ship to place spies ashore behind Japanese lines. View more details

1965
1h

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Jack Warden Gary Collins Mike Kellin Mark Slade

All cast & crew

7.3

Details

Genres : Adventure Comedy War

Release date : Sep 18, 1965

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Joseph M. Schenck Productions Screen Gems Television Herbert Margolis Productions

Details

Genres : Adventure Comedy War

Release date : Sep 18, 1965

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Joseph M. Schenck Productions Screen Gems Television Herbert Margolis Productions

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Gary Collins and Jack Warden in The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965)

Jack Warden in The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965)

Gary Collins in The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965)

Aliza Gur and Jack Warden in The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965)

Rudy Solari in The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965)

Gary Collins and Ruta Lee in The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 18, 1965

Shakedown

Episode 2 • Sep 25, 1965

The Sisters

Episode 3 • Oct 02, 1965

Goldbrickers

Episode 4 • Oct 09, 1965

The Day the Crew Paced the Deck

Episode 5 • Oct 16, 1965

The Colonel and the Geisha

Episode 6 • Oct 23, 1965

Bottoms Up

Episode 7 • Oct 30, 1965

The Stowaway

An ambitious newspaperwoman is intrigued by the Navy having a schooner such as the Kiwi and so stows away on their next mission. The Captain is ticked off and so he and Major Butcher strand her with friendly natives while they complete their dangerous mission. All goes well until they find out the island has been occupied by the Japanese in their absence.

Episode 8 • Nov 06, 1965

Boomer McKye

Episode 9 • Nov 13, 1965

Vive La Kiwi

Episode 10 • Nov 20, 1965

The Lady and the Luluai

Episode 11 • Nov 27, 1965

A Shade of Kaiser Bill

Episode 12 • Dec 04, 1965

....And Tyler, Too

Pharmacist's Mate Tyler who has been drafted to act as the Kiwi's cook overhears the crew talking about about what a terrible cook he is and so requests a transfer. When he gets the transfer he is re-assigned to a lab as a janitor and so feels even worse. Meanwhile the crew is having difficulty replacing him and also begin to terribly miss their old shipmate and try to get him back.

Episode 13 • Dec 11, 1965

Last Path to Garcia

Episode 14 • Dec 18, 1965

I'm Dreaming of a Wide Isthmus

Episode 15 • Jan 01, 1966

The Lamb Who Hunted Wolves: Part 1

1942, just after the fall of Corregidor, a group of American POWs plan a desperate escape. One of their number gets away to alert the U.S. Military of the POWs location. The Kiwi is assigned to get them out. Going on the mission is a nurse volunteer to treat the sick and dying men. She has a chip on her shoulder and a secret reason why she volunteered. Along the way she saves the life of a Japanese Officer which wins her no friends on the Kiwi.

Episode 16 • Jan 08, 1966

The Lamb Who Hunted Wolves: Part 2

A continuation from part 1. a team from the Kiwi makes contact with the prisoners but are then trapped when their escape route fails. They must try to remain undiscovered by the Japanese. A problem since that Japanese Officer who life was saved in Part 1 and knows the Kiwi crew and nurse by their faces, is now the temporary commander of the POW camp where they are trapped.

Episode 17 • Jan 15, 1966

What Is Honor - A Word?

Episode 18 • Jan 29, 1966

Hail the Chief

Episode 19 • Feb 05, 1966

Liberty Was a Lady

Rip Riddle gets a long awaited leave when the ship is docked in Brisbane, Australia. What he doesn't expect is to fall in love with a local, civil defense volunteer Terry Smith.

Episode 20 • Feb 12, 1966

My Father's Keeper

Episode 21 • Feb 19, 1966

Brother Love

Episode 22 • Feb 26, 1966

And Two If by Sea

Episode 23 • Mar 05, 1966

The Ghost of Lord Nelson-San

The crew transports a beautiful charming, French spy to be tried at the next port.

Episode 24 • Mar 12, 1966

Voyage to Never Never

Episode 25 • Mar 19, 1966

Girl in the Polka-Dot Swimsuit

Episode 26 • Mar 26, 1966

Chinese Checkers

Episode 27 • Apr 02, 1966

My Island

Episode 28 • Apr 09, 1966

Fun Has More Blondes

The Japanese have captured three American WACs, one of whom is an Intelligence Officer with vital information on a planned operation. Intelligence has sent an assassin to eliminate her but he too does not know which of the three is the target. Major Butcher counter-proposes a rescue mission to get the women out of Japanese hands before they are handed over to the interrogators.

Episode 29 • Apr 16, 1966

Routine Assignment

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