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

There is no wine in Voltafiore and Binghamton wants to get some to give to General Bronson. McHale and his crew come across a German boat in a cove while on patrol. When the crew goes into the cove to see what the Germans were doing, they find that they were trying to get cases of stolen wine off the sea floor. McHale comes up with a plan where he will empty the bottles of wine and store the drink in barrels. Then he will fill the bottles of wine with explosives and replace the cases on the bottom of the sea. Mayor Lugatto finds out that McHale is placing wine cases at the bottom of the cove. Binghamton retrieves the wine. McHale has to make sure Binghamton doesn’t open a bottle.

McHale’s Navy Series

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

Production & Filming Details

• Release Date: 16 November 1965.
• Rating: TV-PG/TV-G.
• Running Time: 60 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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