With its unusual coastguard-gone-wacky premise and a solid cast of comic talent that includes Phil Silvers, Don Ameche and Normal Fell, 1970's "The Boatniks" delivers exactly the sort of gentle, goofy fun that it sets out to, though it also never really rises above the level of "...( read more)
Bob Hastings, Don Ameche, Joey Forman
"Man the Laffboats" reads the original 1970 cover of Disneys classic whodunnit film comedy, a seaside shenanigan starring an accident-prone ensign and a trio of bumbling jewel thieves. Robert Mo...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 2, 2005
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I can not believe that I am the first to comment on this movie. If you liked The Three Stooges or the Marx Brothers you will like this movie. Phil Silvers, Norman Fell, and I believe his name was Mickey Shaughnessy steal the show as dim witted crooks. An accident prone coastguard...( read more)
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