''Chesty Anderson, U.S. Navy'' is a 1976 R-rated comedy film featuring

Shari Eubank Shari Eubank (born June 12, 1947) is a retired American actress, best known for her starring role in the Russ Meyer film '' Supervixens''. Biography Eubank was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on June 12, 1947. The following year, her family mov ...

as Chesty Anderson, a

WAVE In physics, mathematics, engineering, and related fields, a wave is a propagating dynamic disturbance (change from List of types of equilibrium, equilibrium) of one or more quantities. ''Periodic waves'' oscillate repeatedly about an equilibrium ...

(Woman Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...

. When one of her friends goes missing, Chesty and several fellow WAVEs go looking for her and end up in a world of senatorial corruption and Mafia intimidation.

Plot

Cast

as Chesty * Dorrie Thomson as Tina * Rosanne Katon as Cocoa * Marcie Barkin as Pucker * Constance Marie as Baby *

Fred Willard Frederick Charles Willard Jr. (September 18, 1933 May 15, 2020) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work with Christopher Guest in his mockumentary films ''This Is Spinal Tap'' (1984), ''Waiting for Guffman'' (1996), ''Be ...

as Peter Linden * George Cooper as Senator Dexter *

Frank Campanella Frank Campanella (March 12, 1919 – December 30, 2006) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous television series, as well as a few films and Broadway productions. Early life and career Campanella was born in New York City, the son of P ...

as The Baron *

Timothy Carey Timothy Agoglia Carey (March 11, 1929 – May 11, 1994) was an American film and television character actor who was typically cast as manic or violent characters who are driven to extremes. He is particularly known for his collaborations with S ...

as Vincent "The Terrible" * Phil Hoover as Michael * Tim Wade as "Ferret" *

Scatman Crothers Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986) was an American actor and musician. He is known for playing Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show ''Chico and the Man'', and Dick Hallorann in Stanley Kubrick's '' The ...

as Ben Benson *

Mel Carter Mel Carter (born April 22, 1939) is an American soul and pop singer and actor. He is best known for his 1965 million-selling recording "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me". Biography Carter was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. At age 16, he studied singi ...

as Sam Benson * John Davis Chandler as Dr. Cheech * Betty McGuire as CPO * Lynne Guthrie as Lieutenant Ambrose * Brenda Fogarty as Brenda * Joyce Mandel as Suzi * Roy Applegate as Phil *

Stanley Brock Stanley Eis (July 7, 1931 – January 25, 1991), known professionally as Stanley Brock, was an American film and television actor. Biography Brock was born in Brooklyn, New York. He played Howie Hoffstedder in 78 episodes of the American ...

as Dr. Finkle *

Dyanne Thorne Dyanne Thorne (October 14, 1936 – January 28, 2020) was an American actress, stage performer, and vocalist. She was known for her stage work in Las Vegas and as the lead actress in the ''Ilsa'' film franchise which began with ''Ilsa, She Wol ...

as Nurse * Uschi Digard as Baron's Girlfriend #1 * Pat Parker as Baron's Girlfriend #2 *

Betty Thomas Betty Thomas (born Betty Lucille Nienhauser; July 27, 1947) is an American director and actress. She is known for her role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series ''Hill Street Blues''. Early life Thomas was born Betty Lucille Nienhaus ...

as Party Guest #1 *

Deborah Harmon Deborah Harmon (born May 8, 1951) is an American film and television actress. Harmon was born in Chicago, Illinois. She attended The Second City troupe in Chicago, until moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. She is probably best reme ...

as Party Guest #2 * Adair Jameson as Party Guest #3 * Pam Rice as Party Guest #4 *

Murphy Dunne George "Murphy" Dunne (born June 22, 1942) is an American actor and musician. He played "Murph", the keyboardist for the Blues Brothers, in the 1980 film ''The Blues Brothers'', a role he reprised in the sequel, '' Blues Brothers 2000''. Biograp ...

as Reporter #1

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* * 1976 films 1970s English-language films 1976 comedy films American comedy films Military comedy films WAVES (Navy) 1970s American films {{1970s-US-film-stub