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Operation Petticoat

20,000 laughs under the sea!

7.2/ 1019592h 4mPG

ComedyWarRomance

A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

Directed by Blake Edwards

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The cast

Faces behind the story

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