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Operation Petticoat

20,000 laughs under the sea!

1959 · PG · 2h 4m

Directed by Blake Edwards

7.2

TMDB audience score
435 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

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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

  • 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

  • Dick Crockett
    Petty Officer Harmon

  • 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

  • Nicky Blair
    Seaman Kraus