

11/10/1962
An experienced South Pacific Sea Dog by the name of Quinton McHale, was commissioned as a Lieutenant Commander into the U.S. Navy Reserve at the start of World War II. McHale was made the Skipper of the Torpedo Patrol (PT) Boat #73 stationed at the U.S. Naval Installation on the island of Taratupa in the Southwest Pacific. The 73 'Family' included, among others, a con man and amateur Magician, a womanizing hunk, a dedicated Family man, a guitar-playing, moonshine-making Tennessee good ol' boy, and even a deserter from the Japanese Navy, who was an excellent cook.

Ernest Borgnine
as Quinton McHale

Joe Flynn
as Captain Wallace B. Binghamton

Tim Conway
as Ensign Charles Parker

Carl Ballantine
as Lester Gruber

Gary Vinson
as George Christopher

Billy Sands
as 'Tinker' Bell

Edson Stroll
as Virgil Edwards

John Wright
as Willy Moss

Yoshio Yoda
as Fuji Kobiaji

Gavin MacLeod
as Happy

Bob Hastings
as Lt. Elroy Carpenter
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