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McHale's Navy

McHale's Navy

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

19974.41h 48m

Overview

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 his old nemesis turned the second best terrorist in the world, Major Vladikov, takes over the island of San Moreno and starts building a nuclear launch silo on it. With help from his old crew and hindrances from Captain Wallace B. Binghampton, who sank a cruise liner a while back, McHale tries to put Vladikov out of business.

Directed by Bryan Spicer
Written by Andy Rose, Peter Crabbe
Produced by Jonathan Sheinberg, Sid Sheinberg, Bill Sheinberg
Box Office0Revenue: $4.5M

Top Cast

Tom Arnold

Tom Arnold

Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale

Dean Stockwell

Dean Stockwell

Capt. Wallace B. Binghampton

Debra Messing

Debra Messing

Lt. Penelope Carpenter

David Alan Grier

David Alan Grier

Ensign Charles Parker

Bruce Campbell

Bruce Campbell

Virgil

French Stewart

French Stewart

Happy

Tim Curry

Tim Curry

Maj. Vladikov

Ernest Borgnine

Ernest Borgnine

Admiral Quinton McHale Sr.

Danton Stone

Danton Stone

Gruber

Brian Haley

Brian Haley

Christy

Themes & Keywords

exotic islandu.s. navybaseterrorism

About McHale's Navy

McHale's Navy is a comedy film released in 1997 exploring themes of exotic island, u.s. navy, base, terrorism. Directed by Bryan Spicer, it stars Tom Arnold, Dean Stockwell, Debra Messing. 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 his old nemesis turned the second best terrorist in the world, Major Vladikov, takes over the island of San Moreno and starts building a nuclear launch silo on it. With help from his old crew and hindrances from Captain Wallace B. Binghampton, who sank a cruise liner a while back, McHale tries to put Vladikov out of business.

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