Don't Give Up the Ship

The Navy expects a veteran to pay for the ship he commanded, as they have no record of its return.

Cast

Jerry Lewis

as John Paul Steckler I / John Paul Steckler IV / John Paul Steckler VII

Dina Merrill

as Ens. Rita J. Benson

Diana Spencer

as Prudence Trabert Steckler

Mickey Shaughnessy

as Stan Wychinski

Robert Middleton

as Vice Adm. Philo Tecumseh Bludde

Gale Gordon

as Congressman Mandeville

Mabel Albertson

as Mrs. Trabert

Claude Akins

as Lt. Cmdr. Farber

Hugh Sanders

as Adm. Rogers

Richard Shannon

as Cmdr. Cross

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