Cmdr. John Finchhaven, RN
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The Extraordinary Seaman is a 1969 American comedy war film directed by John Frankenheimer and starring David Niven, Faye Dunaway, Alan Alda, Mickey Rooney, and Jack Carter. Apart from his participation in the documentaries That's Entertainment!
Set in the final days of the war, The Extraordinary Seaman (1969) is more farce than satire. David Niven receives top billing as Commander John Finchhaven, a sardonic old salt with a crisply British sense of decorum and a bottomless cargo of Scotch, and he plays the role with a bemused sense of dignity and unflinching perseverance in the face ...
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The Extraordinary Seaman finds David Niven once again carrying the burden of a really botched film concept with his extraordinary charm. No actor was ever asked to work with less material than Niven did in his whole career.
In World War 2 four American sailors are marooned in the Philippines and encounter an old vessel captained by Commander Finchhaven, apparently a relic from WW1. They help him get his engine going and ask him for a passage to Australia.
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The film mixes World War II newsreel footage with its story about four US sailors who hitch rides on David Niven's boat. David Niven is a ghost who died in World War I. The tone attempts to be irreverent but against what?
