Film
Onionhead
1958 · 1h 51m · Drama · Comedy
The Ship's Cook who has the Coast Guard in a Stew!
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Overview
An irresponsible student enlists in the Coast Guard expecting to sit out World War II.
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Cast
Andy Griffith
Alvin 'Al' Woods aka Onionhead
Felicia Farr
Stella Papparonis
Walter Matthau
'Red' Wildoe
Erin O'Brien
Josephine 'Jo' Hill
Joe Mantell
Harry 'Doc' O'Neal
Ray Danton
Ensign Dennis Higgins
James Gregory
Lt. Cmdr. Fox aka The Skipper
Joey Bishop
Sidney Gutsell
Roscoe Karns
'Windy' Woods
Claude Akins
Poznicki
Ainslie Pryor
Chief Miller
Karl Lukas
Agnelli
Sean Garrison
Yeoman Kaffhamp
Dan Barton
Ens. Fineberg
Mark Roberts
Lt. J.G. Bennett
Peter Brown
Clark (scenes deleted)
Crew
- Norman TaurogDirector
- Nelson GiddingScreenplay
- Weldon HillNovel
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 25, 1958
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
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