Operation Petticoat (1959)

  • PG
  • 12/03/1959 (US)
  • Comedy, War, Romance
  • 2h 4m

20,000 Laughs Under The Sea!

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.

Maurice Richlin

Screenplay

Blake Edwards

Director

Stanley Shapiro

Screenplay

Paul King

Story

Joseph Stone

Story

Cast

Cary Grant's headshot

Cary Grant

Lieutenant Commander Matt Sherman
Tony Curtis's headshot

Tony Curtis

Lieutenant Nicholas Holden
Joan O'Brien's headshot

Joan O'Brien

2nd Lieutenant Dolores Crandall
Dina Merrill's headshot

Dina Merrill

2nd Lieutenant Barbara Duran
Gene Evans's headshot

Gene Evans

Chief Molumphry
Dick Sargent's headshot

Dick Sargent

Ensign Stovall (as Richard Sargent)
Virginia Gregg's headshot

Virginia Gregg

Major Edna Heywood
Robert F. Simon's headshot

Robert F. Simon

Captain J.B. Henderson

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