the rookie suffers from so much . there be the random musical song intersperse through the movie and the long pointless script and enough grating slapstick to make jerry lewis blush . noonan and leavitt just do not know when to quit . it take a full hour before the story finally get to the main plot and the character be shipwreck . then the guy start play japanese sailor with the standard racist caricature of the day . it be a shame the funny part of the movie be when noonan and leavitt be play the stupid and stereotyped japanese guy . but and it get pretty tiring after switch back and forth between two set of character . then it just abruptly end . even a naked julie newmar in a towel can not save this one . there be really little charm in the movie and it be over a half hour too long . the story just flounder along try to set up funny situation and fail . stick to martin and lewis . at least deano have charm and jerry have that animated face .