Sail a Crooked Ship

Sail a Crooked Ship

1961 · 88 min · ★ 6.1 · Comedy

A bungling burglar, determined to go down in the annals of crime as a genius, steals a ship in New York in order to rob a bank in Boston.

Directed by Irving Brecher · Written by Bruce Geller

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