Everything's Ducky
{{Short description|1961 film by Don Taylor}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Everything's Ducky
| image = Everything's Ducky poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Don Taylor
| producer = Allen Baron
Merrill S. Brody
Red Doff
| screenplay = Benedict Freedman
John Fenton Murray
| starring = Mickey Rooney
Buddy Hackett
Jackie Cooper
Joanie Sommers
Roland Winters
Elizabeth MacRae
| music = Bernard Green
| cinematography = Carl E. Guthrie
| editing = Richard K. Brockway
| studio = Barbroo Productions
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1961|12|20}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Everything's Ducky is a 1961 comedy film directed by Don Taylor and written by Benedict Freedman and John Fenton Murray. The film stars Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Jackie Cooper, Joanie Sommers, Roland Winters and Elizabeth MacRae. The film was released on December 20, 1961, by Columbia Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/27416/everythings-ducky |title=Everything's Ducky (1961) – Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date=1961-11-08 |access-date=2015-08-08}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D05E4DF1F3DE733A25752C2A9649D946091D6CF&pagewanted=print |title=Movie Review – - 'Mysterious Island' and Comedy Open |work=NYTimes.com |date=1961-12-21 |accessdate=2015-08-08}}
Plot
Two sailors sneak a talking duck aboard their ship. Complications ensue. The duck waddles all over the ship until he escapes.
Cast
- Mickey Rooney as Kermit 'Beetle' McKay
- Buddy Hackett as Seaman Admiral John Paul 'Ad' Jones
- Jackie Cooper as Lt. J.S. Parmell
- Joanie Sommers as Nina Lloyd
- Roland Winters as Capt. Lewis Bollinger
- Elizabeth MacRae as Susie Penrose
- Gene Blakely as Lt. Cmdr. Bernard Kemp
- Gordon Jones as Chief Petty Officer Conroy
- Richard Deacon as Dr. Deckham
- James Millhollin as George Imhoff
- Jimmy Cross as Drunk
- Robert Williams as Duck Hunter
- King Calder as Frank
- Ellie Kent as Nurse
- William Hellinger as Corpsman
- Ann Morell as Wave
- George Sawaya as Simmons
- Dick Winslow as Fröehlich
- Alvy Moore as Jim Lipscott
- Walker Edmiston as Scuttlebutt – The Duck
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0054860|Everything's Ducky}}
- {{TCMDb title|27416|Everything's Ducky}}
{{Don Taylor}}
Category:1961 directorial debut films
Category:American comedy films
Category:Military comedy films
Category:Films about talking animals
Category:Films about the United States Navy
Category:Films directed by Don Taylor
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:1960s English-language films
Category:English-language comedy films
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