Sgt. O'Farrell an Army soldier on an island in the South Pacific during World War II is trying to bring the two basics of life to his fellow servicemen, women and beer. The supply ship carrying the beer is torpedoed and the contingent of nurses consists of six males and ugly nurse Nellie Krause. If he could at least try to salvage the shipment of beer.
Bob Hope
as Sgt. Dan O'Farrell
Phyllis Diller
as Nurse Nellie Krause
Jeffrey Hunter
as Lt. (J.G.) Lyman P. Jones
Mylène Demongeot
as Gabby
Gina Lollobrigida
as Maria
John Myhers
as Lt. Comdr. Roger Snavely
Mako
as Calvin Coolidge Ishimura
Henry Wilcoxon
as Rear Admiral Arthur L. Stokes
Dick Sargent
as Capt. Elwood Prohaska
Christopher Dark
as Pvt. George Strongbow
Michael Burns
as Pvt. Johnny Bannon
William Wellman Jr.
as Cpl. Kennedy