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Operation Petticoat 1959

“20,000 laughs under the sea!”

★ 7.3 2h 4m ComedyWarRomance

Directed by Blake Edwards

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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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The cast

Cary Grant

Cary Grant Lieutenant Commander Matt Sherman

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis Lieutenant Nicholas Holden

Joan O'Brien

Joan O'Brien 2nd Lieutenant Dolores Crandall

Dina Merrill

Dina Merrill 2nd Lieutenant Barbara Duran

Gene Evans

Gene Evans Chief Molumphry

Dick Sargent

Dick Sargent Ensign Stovall (as Richard Sargent)

Virginia Gregg

Virginia Gregg Major Edna Heywood

Robert F. Simon

Robert F. Simon Captain J.B. Henderson

Robert Gist

Robert Gist Lieutenant Watson

Gavin MacLeod

Gavin MacLeod Yeoman Ernest Hunkle

George Dunn

George Dunn Prophet

Dick Crockett Petty Officer Harmon

Madlyn Rhue

Madlyn Rhue 2nd Lieutenant Reid

Marion Ross

Marion Ross 2nd Lieutenant Colfax

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