Ensign Pulver

Ensign Pulver

Following in the hilarious fun-steps of "Mister Roberts"

1964 · 104 min · ★ 6.5 · Comedy, War

1945, on an old cargo ship somewhere deep in the Pacific ocean: Captain Morton strives to become commander, so he demands the maximum quality of work from his crew, without granting them any freedom or favors - ignoring that they're thousand of miles away from the front. In one word: he drives his crew crazy. They are near mutiny, but no-one dares to do the first step. Until Ensign Pulver plays a prank on the captain that triggers fatal consequences...

Directed by Joshua Logan · Written by Peter S. Feibleman

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Robert Walker Jr. Ensign Frank Pulver
Burl Ives Captain Morton
Walter Matthau Doc
Tommy Sands Bruno
Millie Perkins Scotty
Kay Medford Head Nurse
Larry Hagman Billings
Peter Marshall Carney
Joseph Marr Dowdy
Gerald S. O'Loughlin LaSueur
Diana Sands Mila
Robert Matek Stretch

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