Onionhead
The Ship's Cook who has the Coast Guard in a Stew!
Rating: 5.5 out of 10TMDB(8 votes)
Overview
An irresponsible student enlists in the Coast Guard expecting to sit out World War II.
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Based on
Based on Onionhead
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Music
Music by David Buttolph
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Harold Rosson
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Weldon HillNovel
- Nelson GiddingScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 25, 1958
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Andy GriffithAlvin 'Al' Woods aka Onionhead
Felicia FarrStella Papparonis
Walter Matthau'Red' Wildoe- Erin O'BrienJosephine 'Jo' Hill
Joe MantellHarry 'Doc' O'Neal
Ray DantonEnsign Dennis Higgins
James GregoryLt. Cmdr. Fox aka The Skipper
Joey BishopSidney Gutsell
Roscoe Karns'Windy' Woods
Claude AkinsPoznicki
Ainslie PryorChief Miller
Karl LukasAgnelli
Sean GarrisonYeoman Kaffhamp
Dan BartonEns. Fineberg
Mark RobertsLt. J.G. Bennett
Peter BrownClark (scenes deleted)
Tige AndrewsCharlie Berger- Morris D. ErbyDave Hubert
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