McHale’s Navy Joins the Air Force 1965
Presented in vibrant Technicolor, this all‑new, all‑wild feature follows the misadventures of PT‑73’s crew when Ensign Parker is mistakenly identified as a pilot and is shanghaied into the Air Force. The gang’s attempts to extricate him lead to a series of comedic, high‑spirited hijinks.
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Japanese Submarine Captain (uncredited)
Jacques Aubuchon
Dimitri
Tim Conway
Ensign Charles Parker
Joe Flynn
Captain Wallace B. Binghamton
Bob Hastings
Lt. Elroy Carpenter
Gavin MacLeod
Seaman Joseph Haines
Tom Tully
Gen. Harkness
Edson Stroll
Virgil Edwards
Edward Montagne
Len Lesser
NKVD commissar
Billy Sands
Motor Machinist Mate Harrison Bell
Jean Hale
Sgt. Madge Collins
Gary Vinson
Quatermaster George Christopher
Yoshio Yoda
Takeo 'Fuji' Fugiwara
Berkeley Harris
Vogel
Ted Bessell
Lt. Wilbur Harkness
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Binghamton, [Joe Flynn], is dispatched to a staff meeting in Brisbane, Australia, and must use the PT-73 after Fuji, [Yoshio Yoda], sabotages Lt. Carpenter’s, [Bob Hastings], PT-116. While in Brisbane, Binghamton orders the PT-73 crew to remain on board, but they switch uniforms with Russian crewmen on the adjoining docked ship so they can leave the ship without being noticed. In a mix-up, Parker, [Tim Conway], switches uniforms with Lt. Harkness, [Ted Bessell], who then is mistakenly arrested by the Russian NKGB and put on the Russian ship, but he later escapes and spends the remainder of the movie trying to get back to his post. Parker impersonates Lt. Harkness, with Binghamton helping him, until Harkness comes back. Because of Harkness’ reputation as a lady killer, women are drawn to the very shy Parker. Parker also has to avoid Lt Harkness’ father, General Harkness, [Tom Tully], for fear of being found out. In the meantime, Harkness (or rather Parker) is promoted three times to Lt. Colonel by unwittingly scoring three military victories. Even after being found out, Parker is by then too big a hero and the military brass decide to cover up the whole mix-up of Parker pretending to be someone else. At the end of the film, Parker performs an impressive impersonation of then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, much to the consternation of his PT-73 crewmates.
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