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

McHale and the crew must scheme to stay out of trouble when the lovely daughter Babette (Susan Silo) of French businessman Charles Armand Bergerac (Jesse Jacobs) shows up on the 73, having stowed away during an unauthorised stop at New Caledonia. The US Navy is in negotiations to buy land for a supply post from Bergerac. Binghamton finds out about the girl on the base and is set to court-martial the 73 crew. Parker dresses up like Bergeac, and demands that his daughter is returned and the matter of the court-martial be ended. Problems arise when Admiral Rogers arrives with the real Bergeac.

McHale’s Navy Series

You can find a full index and overview of McHale’s Navy here.

Production & Filming Details

• Release Date: 25 February 1964.
• Rating: TV-PG/TV-G.
• Running Time: 60 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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