McHale's Navy
A Purple Heart for Gruber
Season 1, Episode 2 · Aired 1962-10-18
Synopsis
Gruber gets Binghamton's laundry white by towing it behind the 73 in a drum. However, when a Japanese sub torpedoes the drum, the Navy assumes the boat sunk it. Now McHale and his crew have to sink the sub for real.
In the series
This episode is part of McHale's Navy (1962–1966) on ABC.
PT-73 hijinks — wartime sitcom with Ernest Borgnine's sneaky skipper.
Key cast
- Ernest Borgnine as Lt. Cmdr. Quinton McHale
- Joe Flynn as Capt. Wallace B. Binghamton
- Tim Conway as Ensign Charles Parker