McHale's Navy Movie Review 1997

Yet another (unsuccessful) attempt to take a TV series and let it loose on the big screen. Retired Navy skipper McHale (Arnold) has set up his scheming ways on the Caribbean island of San Ysidro, where he can be a thorn in the side of Capt. Binghampton (Stockwell), the newly transferred commanding officer of the island's sleepy naval base. McHale's former cronies aid their leader when he's reluctantly reunited with the Navy in order to prevent the terrorist threats of his former Soviet nemesis Vladakov (Curry). A shining example of "why bother?" moviemaking. TV's original McHale, Borgnine, has a cameo (and gets a promotion to admiral).

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 108 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Military Comedy, Scams, Stings & Cons, Island Fare, Terrorism, Buddies, Adapted from Television, Military: Navy

Screenplay

Peter Crabbe

Cast

Tom Arnold, Tim Curry, Dean Stockwell, David Alan Grier, Debra Messing, Thomas Chong, Bruce Campbell, French Stewart, Brian Haley, Danton Stone

Cinematography

Buzz Feitshans

Director

Bryan Spicer

Music

Dennis McCarthy

Other

Ernest Borgnine

Producer

Bill Sheinberg, Jonathan Sheinberg, Sid Sheinberg, Lance Hool, Perry Katz, Bubble Factory, Universal City Studios