Sail a Crooked Ship


Sail a Crooked Ship is a 1961 comedy heist film starring Robert Wagner, Dolores Hart, Carolyn Jones, Frankie Avalon, Ernie Kovacs and Frank Gorshin. It was directed by Irving Brecher and was based on the novel of the same name by Nathaniel Benchley, published in 1960.

When Gilbert Barrows Robert Wagner disobeys his boss and tries to refit an old Liberty Ship for cargo use instead of scrapping it, he inadvertently puts it into the hands of a colorful group of crooks led by goodhearted screwup Bugsy G. Fogelmeyer Ernie Kovacs and brainy sociopath George M. Wilson Frank Gorshin. The crooks plan to use the ship to make their getaway after they pull a bank robbery in Boston, and they kidnap Barrows and his girlfriend Elinor Harrison Dolores Hart his bosss daughter to prevent leaving any witnesses behind. With the help of Bugsys nephew Rodney J. Fogelmeyer Frankie Avalon, Gilbert and Elinor manage to foil the crooks plans by using Elinors bra as a slingshot and attracting the Coast Guard.

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