Don't Give Up the Ship

1959 film by Norman Taurog
Movie film Q3283236
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Don't Give Up the Ship is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (245 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Norman Taurog[3]
  • Screenwriter: Herbert Baker[4]
  • Composer: Walter Scharf[5]
  • Genre: comedy film[6]
  • Cast member: Jerry Lewis[7], Dina Merrill[8], Claude Akins[9], Robert Middleton[10], Gale Gordon[11], Mickey Shaughnessy[12], Pamela Duncan[13], Fritz Feld[14], Karl Lukas[15], Hank Mann[16], Mabel Albertson[17], Hugh Sanders[18], Mary Treen[19]
  • Producer: Hal B. Wallis[20]
  • Director of photography: Haskell Boggs[21]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[22]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[23]
  • Color: black-and-white[24]
  • Country of origin: United States[25]
  • Publication date: July 3, 1959[26], December 19, 1959[27], January 21, 1960[28], February 12, 1960[29], February 26, 1960[30], February 27, 1960[31], April 15, 1960[32], December 21, 1960[33], May 22, 1961[34], April 2, 1962[35], October 30, 1962[36]
  • Distributed by: Paramount Pictures[37]
  • Film editor: Warren Low[38]
  • Title: Don't Give Up the Ship[39]
  • Duration: 89[40]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 6[41]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[42]

Why It Matters

Don't Give Up the Ship has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Don't Give Up the Ship. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-give-up-the-ship
MLA “Don't Give Up the Ship.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 14 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-give-up-the-ship.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_don-t-give-up-the-ship_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Don't Give Up the Ship}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-give-up-the-ship}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Don't Give Up the Ship — https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-give-up-the-ship (retrieved 2026-10-14)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-give-up-the-ship · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 52749
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 52749, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269901|batch #269901]]"
  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 167672
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 167672, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269267|batch #269267]]"
  3. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 117624
    Producer → Hal B. Wallis
    Publication date → +1959-07-03T00:00:00Z, +1959-12-19T00:00:00Z, +1960-01-21T00:00:00Z +8
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.