Great comedy film that has just the right amount of drama to prevent it from being a total comedy. William Powell is superb in his final film as the ships doctor. James Cagney also is superb as the ships semi-tyrannical captain. He does exhibit a few soft points (but not many) which makes him only semi-tyrannical. Henry Fonda in one of his most remembered roles. Jack Lemmon creates a character that only he can play. The sequel "Ensign Pulver" was a decent attempt to recreate the original and is a fine film in it's own right but not as good as this one.