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63% Critic Match
Nobody's Perfect
“Have fun!... with the way-out swingin' crew of the U.S.S. Bustard!”
6.3 / 10• 1968• 1h 43m•NR• English
ComedyWar
Storyline
This military service comedy chronicles the misadventures of the U.S.S. Bustard in Japan. The crew has stolen a Buddha statue from a Japanese village, which if discovered missing, would threaten Japanese/American relations. Doc Willoughby is the ship's petty officer, whose antics are constantly getting him into trouble with his captain. On shore leave, Willoughby falls for a seemingly demure Japanese girl in a kimono shop, who actually turns out to be a Japanese/American nurse in the US Navy, Lt. Tomiko Momoyama. However, it turns out she was betrothed as a child to a traditional Japanese man named Toshi, who fully intends on enforcing tradition. Willoughby divides his time between trying to return the Buddha statue back to the Japanese village it rightfully belongs to, and trying to woo Tomiko from the traditional Japanese man she rightfully belongs to.
Cast & Crew
Doug McClure
Doc Willoughby
Lead
Marian Collier
Terry Abelard
James Whitmore
Capt. Mike Riley
David Hartman
Boats McCafferty
Nancy Kwan
Nurse Tomiko Momyama
Gary Vinson
Walt Purdy
James Shigeta
Diver Toshi O'Hara
SC
Steve Carlson
Johnny Crane
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Alan Rafkin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Nobody's Perfect is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
