Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
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Don't Give Up the Ship stars Jerry Lewis as a navy officer who is whisked away from his honeymoon by a senate investigating committee. The committee would like to know what happened to the U.S.S. Kornblatt, the battleship Lewis had commandeered during the War; the crew arrived home safely, but… More Don't Give Up the Ship stars Jerry Lewis as a navy officer who is whisked away from his honeymoon by a senate investigating committee. The committee would like to know what happened to the U.S.S. Kornblatt, the battleship Lewis had commandeered during the War; the crew arrived home safely, but the battleship completely disappeared! Jerry suffers from a mental block concerning the Kornblatt, so the navy assigns a beautiful psychiatrist (Dina Merrill) to probe his subconscious. With the help of an ex-sailor from the Kornblatt (Mickey Shaughnessy), Jerry locates the wreckage of the ship, tracing the responsibility of its disappearance to the investigating committee chairman (Gale Gordon). Based on a true incident (!), Don't Give Up the Ship stands up today as one of Jerry Lewis' best films. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Norman Taurog
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jul 3, 1959 Wide
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Cast
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Jerry Lewis
as John Paul Steckler
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Dina Merrill
as Ensign Benson
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Diana Spencer
as Prudence Trabert
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Mickey Shaughnessy
as Stan Wychinski
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Robert Middleton
as Admiral Bludde
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Gale Gordon
as Congressman Mandeville
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Mabel Albertson
as Mrs. Trabert
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Claude Akins
as Lt. Commander Farber
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Hugh Sanders
as Admiral Rogers
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Richard Shannon
as Commander Cross
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Chuck Wassil
as Commander Craig
