Operation Petticoat 1959

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 124 min

genre: comedy

theme: submarine

director: Blake Edwards

Score: 6 / 10

Operation Petticoat is a 1959 American World War II submarine comedy film in Eastmancolor from Universal-International, produced by Robert Arthur, directed by Blake Edwards, that stars Cary Grant and Tony Curtis.

Plot

In 1959, U. S. Navy Rear Admiral Matt Sherman, ComSubPac, boards the obsolete submarine USS Sea Tiger, prior to her departure for the scrapyard. Sherman, her first commanding officer, begins reading his wartime personal logbook, and a flashback begins.

Cast

More details

author	Maurice Richlin Stanley Shapiro
contentLocation	Philippines
director	Blake Edwards
editor	Frank Gross Ted J. Kent
events	submarine warfare World War II
genre	comedy
keywords	air raid airstrike army nurse corps army nurses army officer australia cannibalization cannibalize cavite navy yard cebu commander commanding officer comsubpac crash dive depth charge embarrass escaped prisoner flashback force guerrilla guerrilla warfare lieutenant lieutenant commander logbook marinduque marine nothing nuclear-powered submarine oiler primer primer paint read rear admiral rear-end rear-end collision red red lead scrapyard second lieutenant sergeant set up ship breaking strand tokyo rose train united states marine corps white lead witch doctor
musicBy	David Rose Henry Mancini
nomination	Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
producer	Robert Arthur
productionCompany	Granart Company
theme	submarine war