Operation Petticoat poster
Director Blake Edwards
Screenplay Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin

Operation Petticoat

Tagline: 20,000 Laughs Under The Sea!

Release Date: 1959-12-05

Duration: 124 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Gene Evans
    Chief Molumphry
  • Tony Curtis
    Lieutenant Nicholas Holden
  • Marion Ross
    2nd Lieutenant Colfax
  • Cary Grant
    Lieutenant Commander Matt Sherman
  • Gavin MacLeod
    Yeoman Ernest Hunkle
  • Dick Sargent
    Ensign Stovall (as Richard Sargent)
  • Dina Merrill
    2nd Lieutenant Barbara Duran
  • Arthur O'Connell
    Chief Motor Machinist's Mate Sam Tostin
  • Madlyn Rhue
    2nd Lieutenant Reid
  • Virginia Gregg
    Major Edna Heywood