The Private Navy Of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968)

Set on a Pacific island during WWII, a Master Sergeant (Bob Hope) in the Army desperately attempts to boost Army morale when their ration of beer is torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and when a hoped for bevy of pretty nurses turns out to be an unattractive man crazy harridan (Phyllis Diller). Written and directed by Frank Tashlin (THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT), this was his final film and it's a pity he didn't have a better swan song. After BACHELOR IN PARADISE (1961), Hope's films became increasingly formulaic and weak in quality. This lackluster effort seems like an extended episode of MCHALE'S NAVY. Still, it's not the worst of his post BACHELOR IN PARADISE movies. Some groaning racist humor aside (Hope to Mako as a Japanese soldier: "Stop or you'll be leaking soy sauce!"), there are some sporadic laughs to be had and the Puerto Rico locations (subbing for the South Pacific) are attractive and Gina Lollobrigida and Mylene Demongeot provide the eye candy. With Jeffrey Hunter, Henry Wilcoxon, Dick Sargent, Christopher Dark and Michael Burns.