About this title: Hijinks and spyjinks lighten this effective comedy by Richard Murphy, based -- very loosely -- on an actual incident in World War II. The place is somewhere in the Pacific and the not-so-good ship USS Echo, captained by the comic Lt. Rip Crandall (Jack Lemmon), has a very specific assignment. The floating anachronism has to safely carry an Australian spy deep into enemy territory where he will be stationed to report on the Japanese fleet's activities. Since the Echo should have been dismantled and sold for its parts long ago, this assignment is not easy. As the military and its stereotypical ...
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Format: DVD
Studio: Sony Pictures
UPC:043396049772
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Format: DVD
Screen format: Widescreen
DVD region: 1
Studio: Sony Pictures
Date: 10/12/2004
UPC:043396049772
Description: Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund, Chips Rafferty, Tom Tully. New. 1960 Run time: 99. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
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