USA, 1961
80m
35mm film, black and white, 1.85:1
mono, English
An American fantasy film directed by Don Taylor.
Plot Summary
Two inept sailors are assigned a simple task – move a late scientist’s test subject duck to the wild. But things get complicated when it turns out that the duck can talk.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Don Taylor
© MCMLXI [1961] by Columbia Pictures Corporation
Columbia Pictures Corporation presents
A Barbroo Enterprises production
Produced by: Red Doff
Written by: John Fenton Murray, Benedict Freedman
Director of Photography: Carl Guthrie
Film Editor: Richard K. Brockway
Music Scored and Conducted by: Bernard Green
[Songs] Words and Music by: Harold Spina
Vocals by: The Hi-Lo’s!
Sound Supervisor: Charles J. Rice
Sound: Josh Westmoreland
Make-Up Supervision: Ben Lane
Art Director: Robert Peterson
Cast
Mickey Rooney [Beetle McKay]
Buddy Hackett [Admiral John Paul Jones]
Joanie Sommers [Nina Lloyd]
Roland Winters [Capt. Lewis Bollinger]
Elizabeth MacRae [Susie Penrose]
Gene Blakely [Lt Comm. Kemp]
Gordon Jones [Chief Conroy]
Richard Deacon [Dr Deckham]
James Millhollin [George Imhoff]
Walker Edmiston (Scuttlebutt’s voice by)
Jackie Cooper (the psychiatrist [Lt Parmell])
Alternative Titles
¡Al agua, pato! – Mexico
Dois Marujos e um Pato – Brazil
Ente gut – Alles gut! – Germany
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.9 p.32
- The Daily Cinema no.8542 (29 November 1961) p.18
- The Film Daily vol.119 no.87 (6 November 1961) p.12
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.167 no.33 (3 November 1961) p.3
- Kine Weekly no.2826 (30 November 1961) p.29
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.29 no.336 (January 1962) p.10
- Motion Picture Herald vol.225 no.7 (15 November 1961) p.347
- Variety 8 November 1961
Books
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.127
