McHale's Navy

McHale's Navy (1997)

He's Under Siege and Out-of-Control.

Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the old PT-73 selling homebrew, ice cream, and swimsuit calendars. He's brought out of retirement when Major Vladikov, his old nemesis turned the second top terrorist in the world, takes over the island of San Moreno and starts building a nuclear launch silo. With help from his old crew and hindrances from Captain Wallace B. Binghampton, who sank a cruise liner a while back, McHale aims to put Vladikov out of business.

Date of release
1997-04-18
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (87)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Bryan Spicer
Collection
McHale's Navy Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: McHale's Navy

McHale's Navy is a 1997 American military comedy film directed by Bryan Spicer, and starring Tom Arnold, David Alan Grier, Dean Stockwell, Debra Messing and Tim Curry. The screenplay by Peter Crabbe and Andy Rose is based on the 1962–1966 television series of the same title. Ernest Borgnine was the only member of the series' cast to appear in the film.

Production

In September 1995, it was reported that a feature film adaptation of McHale's Navy was in development with The Bubble Factory for Universal Pictures. The United States Navy declined to participate in the film's production with executive producer Lance Hool stating their rejection was on the basis of the film not being a "Top Gun recruitment picture".

Initially Tom Arnold had been set to play Ralph Kramden in a film version The Honeymooners for Savoy Pictures, but after receiving a $4 million offer to star in McHale's Navy he abandoned The Honeymooners in order to sign on.

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