Don't Give Up the Ship
"The Funniest Story of High-Seas Hilarity Ever to Set Audiences Adrift in Helpless Hysteria!"
The Navy expects a veteran to pay for the ship he commanded, as they have no record of its return.
Cast
Jerry Lewis
John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII
Dina Merrill
Ens. Rita J. Benson
Diana Spencer
Prudence Trabert Steckler
Mickey Shaughnessy
Stan Wychinski
Robert Middleton
Vice Adm. Philo Tecumseh Bludde
Gale Gordon
Congressman Mandeville
Mabel Albertson
Mrs. Trabert
Claude Akins
Lt. Cmdr. Farber
Hugh Sanders
Adm. Rogers
Richard Shannon
Cmdr. Cross
Chuck Wassil
Cmdr. Craig
Burt Metcalfe
Lt. Bond
Pamela Duncan
Lt. Ward
Karl Lukas
Dugan
George Sasaki
Asian Crewman (uncredited)
Crew
Ellis Kadison
Story
Norman Taurog
Director
Edmund Beloin
Screenplay
Henry Garson
Screenplay
Herbert Baker
Screenplay
Murray Young
Grip
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Winston H. Leverett
Sound Recordist
Edith Head
Costume Design
Gene Merritt
Sound Recordist
Paul Nathan
Associate Producer
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor
Walter H. Tyler
Art Direction
Hal B. Wallis
Producer
Michael D. Moore
Assistant Director
Jack Mintz
Dialogue Coach
Ray Moyer
Set Decoration
Walter Scharf
Original Music Composer
Michael D. Moore
Second Unit Director
Haskell B. Boggs
Director of Photography
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
John P. Fulton
Special Effects