Operation Petticoat (1959) (Cary Grant Collection)

Product Details: Operation Petticoat (1959)

Edition:DVD Cary Grant Collection
MPAA Rating:Unrated
Release Date:09/18/2001
UPC:017153120455
Directed by:Blake Edwards
Featuring:Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, See all cast

Synopsis: Operation Petticoat (1959)

Cary Grant and Tony Curtis star as naval officers in this service comedy, one of the director's favorite genres. When Adm. Matt Sherman's (Grant) submarine, the Sea Tiger, is damaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor, he needs to find spare parts to have it recommissioned. Into the breach steps aide Lt. Nick Holden (Curtis), a master con man and wheeler-dealer who...
Cary Grant and Tony Curtis star as naval officers in this service comedy, one of the director's favorite genres. When Adm. Matt Sherman's (Grant) submarine, the Sea Tiger, is damaged during the attack on Pearl Harbor, he needs to find spare parts to have it recommissioned. Into the breach steps aide Lt. Nick Holden (Curtis), a master con man and wheeler-dealer who begins scheming to acquire the materials needed to fix the sub while the appalled Sherman looks the other way. Once the sub is deemed seaworthy, they stop at an island where Holden picks up a couple of Filipino families and five navy nurses who have been stranded there. The arrival of the extremely attractive nurses in the sub's cramped quarters has the predicted effect on the young, all-male crew, who soon find concentrating on their work to be an impossible task. The women also have their own ideas about the renovation of the submarine, one of which involves painting it pink. Despite the dated 1950s gender stereotypes, the comic genius of Grant and the energy of Curtis, in addition to a script witty enough to have been nominated for an Academy Award, keep the film afloat. Among the talented cast are Dick Sargent, Arthur O'Connell, Dina Merrill, Gene Evans, and Gavin McLeod, who would later return to the seas as the captain of THE LOVE BOAT.

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Features: Operation Petticoat (1959)

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33

User Reviews: Operation Petticoat (1959)

  • Overall:

    Best of all WWII Comedies. A true Classi

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Mar 21, 2001

    Operation Petticoat is perhaps the best of all the WWII comedies. A True classic from a great era of film-making. I am eagerly waiting for the DVD!

  • Overall:

    Hilarious WW2 flick

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jun 7, 2000

    If you like Father Goose, you will love this movie. Ever wonder what would happen when ladies made it on a submarine during a great naval war? Then this is the movie for you.

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