''Everything's Ducky'' is a 1961
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Don Taylor and written by
Benedict Freedman
Benedict Freedman (December 19, 1919 – February 24, 2012) was an American novelist and mathematician, the co-author of ''Mrs. Mike'' and a professor of mathematics at Occidental College in Los Angeles..
Life
Upbringing
Freedman was born to a Je ...
and John Fenton Murray. The film stars
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the ...
,
Buddy Hackett
Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker; August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003) was an American actor, comedian and singer. His best remembered roles include Marcellus Washburn in ''The Music Man'' (1962), Benjy Benjamin in ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Wo ...
,
Jackie Cooper
John Cooper Jr. (September 15, 1922 – May 3, 2011) was an American actor, television director, producer, and executive, known universally as Jackie Cooper. He was a child actor who made the transition to an adult career. Cooper was the first ...
,
Joanie Sommers
Joanie Sommers (born Joan Drost, February 24, 1941) is an American singer and actress with a career concentrating on jazz, standards and popular material and show-business credits. Once billed as "The Voice of the Sixties", and associated with to ...
,
Roland Winters
Roland Winters (born Roland Winternitz; November 22, 1904 – October 22, 1989)DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 287. was an Ame ...
and
Elizabeth MacRae
Elizabeth Hendon MacRae (born February 22, 1936) is an American actress who performed in dozens of television series and in nine feature films, working predominantly in productions released between 1958 and the late 1980s. Among her more widel ...
. The film was released on December 20, 1961, by
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the mu ...
.
Plot
Two sailors sneak a talking duck aboard their ship. Complications ensue. The duck waddles all over the ship until he escapes.
Cast
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Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the ...
as Kermit 'Beetle' McKay
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Buddy Hackett
Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker; August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003) was an American actor, comedian and singer. His best remembered roles include Marcellus Washburn in ''The Music Man'' (1962), Benjy Benjamin in ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Wo ...
as Seaman Admiral John Paul 'Ad' Jones
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Jackie Cooper
John Cooper Jr. (September 15, 1922 – May 3, 2011) was an American actor, television director, producer, and executive, known universally as Jackie Cooper. He was a child actor who made the transition to an adult career. Cooper was the first ...
as Lt. J.S. Parmell
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Joanie Sommers
Joanie Sommers (born Joan Drost, February 24, 1941) is an American singer and actress with a career concentrating on jazz, standards and popular material and show-business credits. Once billed as "The Voice of the Sixties", and associated with to ...
as Nina Lloyd
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Roland Winters
Roland Winters (born Roland Winternitz; November 22, 1904 – October 22, 1989)DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 287. was an Ame ...
as Capt. Lewis Bollinger
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Elizabeth MacRae
Elizabeth Hendon MacRae (born February 22, 1936) is an American actress who performed in dozens of television series and in nine feature films, working predominantly in productions released between 1958 and the late 1980s. Among her more widel ...
as Susie Penrose
*Gene Blakely as Lt. Cmdr. Bernard Kemp
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Gordon Jones as Chief Petty Officer Conroy
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Richard Deacon as Dr. Deckham
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James Millhollin
Arthur James Millhollin (August 23, 1915 – May 23, 1993) was an American character actor.
Early years
Millhollin was born in Peoria, Illinois.
He grew up in Council Bluffs, Iowa, performing in many school plays, graduated from Thomas Jeffers ...
as George Imhoff
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Jimmy Cross
Jimmy Cross (November 17, 1938 – October 8, 1978), also known as Jimmie Cross, was an American radio producer and singer who attained a minor ''Billboard'' Hot 100 hit with the novelty song "I Want My Baby Back" in 1965.
Life and career
H ...
as Drunk
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Robert Williams as Duck Hunter
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King Calder
Albert King Calder (April 21, 1898 – June 28, 1964) was an American film, television and theatre actor.
Early life
Calder was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He began his acting career in 1929 in the Broadway play ''The Humbug'', playing D ...
as Frank
*Ellie Kent as Nurse
*William Hellinger as Corpsman
*Ann Morell as Wave
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George Sawaya
George Frances Carey Sawaya (August 14, 1923 – September 17, 2003) was an American actor and stuntman. He was best known for playing the role of Detective Lopez on Jack Webb's '' Dragnet''.
Life and career
Sawaya was born in Los Angeles, ...
as Simmons
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Dick Winslow
Richard Winslow (March 25, 1915 – February 7, 1991) was an American film actor, mostly in supporting roles.
He died of complications of diabetes on February 7, 1991, in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
California is a U.S. stat ...
as Fröehlich
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Alvy Moore
Jack Alvin "Alvy" Moore (December 5, 1921 – May 4, 1997) was an American actor best known for his role as scatterbrained county agricultural agent Hank Kimball on the CBS television series ''Green Acres''. His character would often make a st ...
as Jim Lipscott
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Walker Edmiston
Walker Edmiston (February 6, 1926 – February 15, 2007) was an American radio, television and voice actor.
Early years
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Edmiston participated in local theater productions during his high school years. He later stud ...
as Scuttlebutt – The Duck
References
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1961 films
1961 comedy films
1961 directorial debut films
American comedy films
Military humor in film
Talking animals in fiction
Films about the United States Navy
Films about ducks
Films set on ships
Films directed by Don Taylor
Columbia Pictures films
1960s English-language films
1960s American films
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