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Operation Petticoat (1959)

20,000 laughs under the sea!

7.2(416)2h 4mDecember 5, 1959

Comedy War Romance

Blake Edwards

Director

Maurice Richlin, Stanley Shapiro, Joseph Stone

Writers

Rate

Diary

Overview

A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

Cast

Cary Grant

Lieutenant Commander Matt Sherman

Tony Curtis

Lieutenant Nicholas Holden

Joan O'Brien

2nd Lieutenant Dolores Crandall

Dina Merrill

2nd Lieutenant Barbara Duran

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Gene Evans

Chief Molumphry

Dick Sargent

Ensign Stovall (as Richard Sargent)

Virginia Gregg

Major Edna Heywood

Robert F. Simon

Captain J.B. Henderson

Robert Gist

Lieutenant Watson

Gavin MacLeod

Yeoman Ernest Hunkle

George Dunn

Prophet

Madlyn Rhue

2nd Lieutenant Reid

Marion Ross

2nd Lieutenant Colfax

Clarence Lung

Sergeant Ramon Gillardo

Frankie Darro

Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class Dooley

Robert F. Hoy

Reiner

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Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: December 5, 1959
Revenue: $6,800,000
Production: Granart Company, Universal International Pictures
Country: United States of America

Keywords

shipnavycasinotattoosubmarinepigdateflirtworld war iinaval officerphilippinesarmy nurse

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