Don't Give Up the Ship

1959 film by Norman Taurog
Movie film Q3283236
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Don't Give Up the Ship

Summary

Don't Give Up the Ship is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Don't Give Up the Ship's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Don't Give Up the Ship was directed by Norman Taurog[4].
  • Herbert Baker wrote the screenplay for Don't Give Up the Ship[5].
  • Don't Give Up the Ship's composer is recorded as Walter Scharf[6].
  • Don't Give Up the Ship's genre is comedy film[7].
  • A cast member of Don't Give Up the Ship was Jerry Lewis[8].
  • A cast member of Don't Give Up the Ship was Dina Merrill[9].
  • A cast member of Don't Give Up the Ship was Claude Akins[10].
  • A cast member of Don't Give Up the Ship was Robert Middleton[11].
  • A cast member of Don't Give Up the Ship was Gale Gordon[12].
  • A cast member of Don't Give Up the Ship was Mickey Shaughnessy[13].
  • A cast member of Don't Give Up the Ship was Pamela Duncan[14].
  • A cast member of Don't Give Up the Ship was Fritz Feld[15].
  • A cast member of Don't Give Up the Ship was Karl Lukas[16].
  • A cast member of Don't Give Up the Ship was Hank Mann[17].
  • A cast member of Don't Give Up the Ship was Mabel Albertson[18].
  • A cast member of Don't Give Up the Ship was Hugh Sanders[19].
  • A cast member of Don't Give Up the Ship was Mary Treen[20].
  • Don't Give Up the Ship was produced by Hal B. Wallis[21].
  • Don't Give Up the Ship's director of photography is recorded as Haskell Boggs[22].
  • The original language of Don't Give Up the Ship was English[23].
  • Don't Give Up the Ship was distributed by video on demand[24].
  • Don't Give Up the Ship's color is recorded as black-and-white[25].
  • Don't Give Up the Ship's country of origin is recorded as United States[26].
  • Don't Give Up the Ship was published on July 3, 1959[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Don't Give Up the Ship was produced by Hal B. Wallis[21]. It was directed by Norman Taurog[4]. Herbert Baker wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Jerry Lewis[8], Dina Merrill[9], Claude Akins[10], Robert Middleton[11], Gale Gordon[12], and Mickey Shaughnessy[13].

Publication

Publication dates include July 3, 1959[27], December 19, 1959[28], January 21, 1960[29], February 12, 1960[30], February 26, 1960[31], and February 27, 1960[32]. The original language of Don't Give Up the Ship was English[23]. Its genre is comedy film[7]. It was distributed by video on demand[24].

Why It Matters

Don't Give Up the Ship ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    P14449 117624
    Producer Hal B. Wallis
    Publication date +1959-07-03T00:00:00Z, +1959-12-19T00:00:00Z, +1960-01-21T00:00:00Z +8
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