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Everything's DuckyBeetle McKay (Mickey Rooney) and Admiral John Paul Jones (Buddy Hackett) are two sailors who make friends with a talking duck, who just happens to possess a secret formula. It seems the Navy satellite program needs the formula and so the chatty mallard is worth quite a bit. But in the meantime, the duck is hooked on booze and can't be easily concealed as he won't swim or quack like a normal duck. So the sailors have their work cut out for them as the deadline for launching the satellite approaches. This wacky comedy also stars Jackie Cooper, Joanie Sommers, and Elizabeth MacRae. Directed by Don Taylor. Newly remastered.
Original Release
12/20/1961
US Release
12/20/1961
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mickey Rooney | Kermit 'Beetle' McKay |
Buddy Hackett | Seaman Admiral John Paul 'Ad' Jones |
Jackie Cooper | Lt. J.S. Parmell - Psychiatrist |
Joanie Sommers | Nina Lloyd |
Roland Winters | Capt. Bollinger / Capt. Lewis Bollinger |
Elizabeth MacRae | Susie / Susie Penrose |
Gene Blakely | Kemp / Lt. Cmdr. Bernard Kemp |
Gordon Jones | Conroy / Chief Petty Officer Conroy |
Richard Deacon | Dr. Deckham |
James Millhollin | Imhoff / George Imhoff - Lab Assistant |
Directors
Writers
Benedict Freedman, John Fenton Murray
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mickey Rooney | Kermit 'Beetle' McKay |
Buddy Hackett | Seaman Admiral John Paul 'Ad' Jones |
Jackie Cooper | Lt. J.S. Parmell - Psychiatrist |
Joanie Sommers | Nina Lloyd |
Roland Winters | Capt. Bollinger / Capt. Lewis Bollinger |
Elizabeth MacRae | Susie / Susie Penrose |
Gene Blakely | Kemp / Lt. Cmdr. Bernard Kemp |
Gordon Jones | Conroy / Chief Petty Officer Conroy |
Richard Deacon | Dr. Deckham |
James Millhollin | Imhoff / George Imhoff - Lab Assistant |
Jimmy Cross | Drunk |
Robert B. Williams | Duck Hunter |
King Calder | Frank the Bartender / Frank - Bartender |
Ellie Kent | Nurse |
William Hellinger | Corpsman |
Ann Morell | WAVE |
George Sawaya | Simmons |
Dick Winslow | Fröehlich |
Alvy Moore | Lipscott / Jim Lipscott |
Walker Edmiston | Scuttlebutt - The Duck |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Allen Baron | Producer |
Merrill S. Brody | Producer |
Red Doff | Producer |