Movies Are Your Best Diversion

McHale and the 73 crew avert an attack on a Navy convoy, by employing a clever plan involving John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, and Errol Flynn.

McHale's Island

 * Ernest Borgnine: Quinton McHale
 * Tim Conway: Charles Parker
 * Carl Ballantine: Lester Gruber
 * Gary Vinson: George "Christy" Christopher
 * Billy Sands: Harrison "Tinker" Bell
 * Edson Stroll: Virgil Edwards
 * Gavin MacLeod: Joseph "Happy" Haines
 * John Wright: Willy Moss
 * Yoshio Yoda: Fuji Kobiaji

Main Base

 * Joe Flynn: Wallace Binghamton
 * Bob Hastings: Elroy Carpenter
 * Lee Krieger: Lieutenant Lee

Other

 * Leon Lontoc: Chief Maku-Maku
 * Keoni Khan: Polynesian Man
 * Lloyd Kino: Japanese Major
 * John Fujioka: Japanese Aide
 * Mako: Japanese Sentry

Goofs

 * The opening title reads, "Somewhere in the South Pacific 1943". One of the films stolen by McHale and Gruber in this episode is Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, which wasn't released until 1944.
 * Near the beginning when Binghamton is walking into his office followed by McHale, you can see the shadow of the camera man on the metal storage cabinet as he backs away.

Quotes
"That Ensign Parker and his purple prose!"

- Binghamton