The McHales Navy was a hilarious military situational comedy TV show of the 60s, a group of lively light-hearted and resourceful men stranded in a South West Pacific Island controlled by Japanese Navy, they've found a paradise and their misadventures, leisure, humor and
patriotic responsibilities began in this funny tv series, the viewers loved it for many decades.
At the start of World War II, experienced gentleman but naive Lieutenant Commander Quinton 'Skipper' McHale commissioned in US Navy Reserved stationed in the island of Taratupa but Japanese heavily bombed & destroyed the base with heavy patrols in the region, only 18 out of 150 Navy aviators and marines survived, including McHale and his six free-spirited, good-hearted swabbies, they've forced to survive, befriend & live leisurely with native tribes in the island of paradise; make moonshine(whisky), gambling, go surfing, dance with girls etc. McHale received a command to support a Marine battalion rescuer that will be attacked by enemy cruiser, McHale and his men managed to capture a Japanese PT-73 Boat (Torpedo Patrol #73) and use to sunk Japanese cruiser, and again live in fun and luxury. Taratupa Base commander Captain Wallace Burton “Old Leadbottom” Binghamton, aided by sycophantic Lieutenant Elroy Carpenter, they find ways to get rid and want to end the get-rich-quick happy living schemes of McHale's fun-loving, rule-bending “8 Balls”, but McHale and his 'pirates' always have ways to escape from their evil nemesis, and when duty calls they do their job very well.
The classic finest, funniest and outrageous crew assembled, the McHale's Navy, aired from September 1962 and lasted until April 1966 completed 4 seasons with 138 episodes of comic fun and misadventures. Now full 4 seasons of McHale's Navy available on DVD.
The McHale's Navy DVD at TV Shows on DVD
Casts:
- Ernest Borgnine - Lt. Cdr. Quinton McHale
- Billy Sands - Harrison "Tinker" Bell (Engineman)
- Gary Vinson - George "Christy" Christopher (Quartermaster)
- Edson Stroll - Virgil Edwards (Gunner's Mate)
- Carl Ballantine - Lester Gruber (Torpedoman 1st Class Lester Gruber)
- Gavin MacLeod - Joseph "Happy" Haynes (Torpedoman's Mate)
- John Wright - Willy Moss (Radioman)
- Yoshio Yoda - Takeo Fujiwara(Fuji) - Cook, Seaman 3C (Imperial Japanese Navy)
- Tim Conway - Ensign Charles Parker
- Bob Hastings - Lt. Elroy Carpenter
- Joe Flynn - Capt. Wallace Burton Binghamton
- Roy Roberts - Admiral Bruce Rogers
- Bill Quinn - Admiral Benson
