Fresh
Blake Edwards directs with his customary wit, breeziness, and acute sense of pacing.
Don Druker, Chicago Reader
Operation Petticoat
20,000 Laughs Under The Sea!
1959 · 2h 4m · Approved
Comedy, Romance, War
Directed by
Blake Edwards
Overview
A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
Director and cast
- Blake Edwards Director
- Cary Grant as Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman
- Tony Curtis as Lt. (j.g.) Nicholas Holden
- Joan O'Brien as Lt. Dolores Crandall, RN
- Dina Merrill as Lt. Barbara Duran, RN
- Gene Evans as Chief Molumphry
- Dick Sargent as Ens. Stovall
- Gavin MacLeod Cast
- Virginia Gregg Cast
- Robert F. Simon Cast
- Robert Gist Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
81%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Operation Petticoat has no more weight than a sackful of feathers, but it has a lot of laughs.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
Not unpleasant, but the situations (including the inevitable invasion of women aboard the sub) are horribly familiar, and the dialogue none too inspired.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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