Introduction
McHale’s Navy is an American sitcom starring Ernest Borgnine that aired 138 half-hour episodes over four seasons, from 11 October 1962 to 12 April 1966 on the ABC television network.
The series was filmed in black and white and originated from a one-hour drama titled “Seven Against the Sea”, broadcast on 03 April 1962. The ABC series spawned three feature films: McHale’s Navy (1964); a sequel, McHale’s Navy Joins the Air Force (1965); and a 1997 sequel-remake of the original series. A documentary, McHale’s Navy: The Crew Remembers, was aired in 2007.
Producer Edward Montagne set up a female version of McHale’s Navy entitled Broadside, which ran for 32 episodes in the 1964-1965 ABC season.
Background
Ashamed of his desk job, Binghamton assumes command of the 73 during McHale’s absence, and takes it out on a combat mission so that he can have a war story to share with his battle-hardened fellow officers. Wanting to give Binghamton a good story, the crew hopes to use Fuji as a Japanese scout that Binghamton can fight with. But, Fuji does not make it onto the boat so they dress up Tinker as a Japanese soldier. Tinker winds up in a real Japanese scout group. Will Binghamton get the war story he wants? Frank Gerstle appears as Captain Dawson. Walter Brooke appears as Captain Burns. Mako appears as a Japanese Soldier.
McHale’s Navy Series
You can find a full index and overview of McHale’s Navy here.
Production & Filming Details
- Release Date: 10 January 1963.
- Rating: TV-PG/TV-G.
- Running Time: 60 minutes.
- Country: US.
- Language: English.
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