this on Wildoe's behalf, but can't resist Stella himself. Aboard the Periwinkle, Al becomes the new chief cook. Higgins, promoted to executive officer, is discovered entering lesser amounts than they pay for the cost of officers' meals into the ledger of the ship's mess and pocketing the difference. He purchases substandard food for the crew in order to keep the mess budget from showing a deficit. Higgins also objects to finding Al's hair in his food, so Al shaves his scalp bald, earning the nickname "Onionhead." Assuming erroneously that all the officers are in on the scam, Al bypasses channels to report the theft to the District Office. During leave back home to attend his father's funeral, Al reconnects with Jo, realizing that she is the one he loves. In port again, Wildoe asks Al to take Stella home from the bar one night when he is recalled to his ship. Stella tries to seduce Al, who calls her a tramp. She replies: "I can't help what I am." The Periwinkle sinks a submarine in combat, with Al playing a major role, but his accusation of embezzlement impugns the honor of the innocent captain and exposes the ship to scandal at the board of investigation. Al declines to produce any proof of Higgins' misdeeds in order to save their reputations, but privately slips the captain the proof. In a meeting with Al and the executive officer, the captain tells Al that his punishment for an unsubstantiated allegation against an officer is loss of his rating and reassignment to Greenland, but also informs Higgins that he will have to repay every embezzled dollar before his court-martial. He gently chastises Al for not having come to him with the proof earlier, but gives him leave to marry Jo before he ships out for Greenland. Cast Andy Griffith as Al Woods Felicia Farr as Stella Walter Matthau as Red Wildoe Erin O'Brien as Jo Hill James Gregory as the Skipper Joey Bishop as Sidney Gutsell Roscoe Karns as Windy Woods Claude Akins as Poznicki Ray Danton as Higgins Sean Garrison as Yeoman Kaffhamp Dan Barton as Ensign Fineberg Ainslie Pryor as Chief Miller Production Filming on Onionhead was held up for a week in November 1957 when Andy Griffith came down with a virulent flu from the "Asian flu" pandemic. The film was shot at Warner Bros.' studio in Burbank, California; location shooting