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Don't Give Up the Ship (1959) During the 1950s, a military panel grills Junior Officer John Paul Steckler to find the

Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)

During the 1950s, a military panel grills Junior Officer John Paul Steckler to find the whereabouts of a Navy destroyer that he temporarily commanded during WWII and is missing.

Cast:
John Paul Steckler I: Jerry Lewis
Ens. Rita J. Benson: Dina Merrill
Prudence Trabert Steckler: Diana Spencer
Stan Wychinski: Mickey Shaughnessy
Vice Adm. Philo Tecumseh Bludde: Robert Middleton
Congressman Mandeville: Gale Gordon
Mrs. Trabert: Mabel Albertson
Lt. Cmdr. Farber: Claude Akins
Adm. Rogers: Hugh Sanders
Cmdr. Cross: Richard Shannon
Cmdr. Craig: Chuck Wassil
Commuter at Station: Judith Woodbury
Mother: Mary Benoit
Fight Spectator: Murray Pollack
Commander: Charles Boaz
Wedding Guest: Bert Stevens
Judge Whipple - Wedding Guest with Cake in Hat: Harry Cheshire
Hilda: Lisa Davis
Hearing Spectator: Bernard Sell
Navy Commander: Bruce Hayes
Crewman: Jimmy Dime
Lt. Ward: Pamela Duncan
Officer at Hearing: Bill Dyer
Executive Officer: Bill Edwards
Sailor: Skip Young
Room Service Waiter: Fritz Feld
The Turkish Terror: Mickey Finn
Mermaid: Florence McNabb
Yeoman Krugg: Ike Gibson
Congressman: Paul Power
Hotel Guest: Herschel Graham
Spectator Outside Arena: Jack Gordon
Cmdr. Turner: Don Haggerty
Clerk: Robert Haines
Officer: Howard Van Proyen
Ens. Brooks: Bob Harvey
Captain of the USS 'Kornblatt': Dick Haynes
Guardsman: Bill Hickman
Hockmeir - Shore Patrol: Bern Hoffman
Japanese Corporal: Robert Hosai
The Referee: John Indrisano
Ens. O.D.: James Burr Johnson
Bit Role: Paul Salata
Cmdr. Blake: Hugh Lawrence
Dugan: Karl Lukas
Helmsman: Mike Mahoney
Fight Manager: Hank Mann
Captain of the Guard: Tipp McClure
Military Officer: John Rice
Lt. Bond: Burt Metcalfe
Japanese Soldier:
Saunders - Navy Guard: Burt Nelson
Lieutenant, s.g.: Tony Russel
Asian Crewman: Owen Song
Japanese Colonel: Yuki Shimoda
Ringside wrestling announcer on the telephone: Al Silvani
Porter: Napoleon Whiting
Wrestling fan (black dress): Anne G. Sterling
Wrestling Fan: Ruth Sterling
Desk Clerk: Chet Stratton
Bridesmaid: Trude Wyler
Mother at Wedding Party: Mary Treen
Flower Girl: Wendy Winkelman
Waiter: John Zimeas

Written by: Herbert Baker, Edmund Beloin, Henry Garson

Director: Norman Taurog

Production: Paramount Pictures, Hal Wallis Productions

Release date: 03 Jul 1959
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