This wonderfully wacky wartime comedy teams those two great farceurs Cary Grant and Tony Curtis in their only movie together; ironically (or intentionally, since Grant produced), it was made immediately following Curtis's take-off of Grant in Some Like It Hot. Here Grant plays a submarine commander trying to keep his ropey old vessel in the water with the help of wheeler-dealer junior officer Curtis. Complications arise as the sub takes on board a number of unorthodox passengers, among them a group of sexy nurses. Grant is brilliant, with every reaction immaculately timed. Pink Panther director Blake Edwards ensures no gag is missed, and the whole is a deliciously tasteless joy.

A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.