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Operation Petticoat

20,000 laughs under the sea!

1959 · 2h 4m · 7.3 on TMDB

PG

Comedy War Romance

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

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

Awards

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy · 1959nomineeGolden Globes

Production

Granart Company Universal International Pictures

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Released: December 5, 1959
Box office: $6.8M

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