Operation Petticoat
The story takes place on a film set in World War II. It is about a commander who is stuck in his commander with a group of army nurses finding the way to flee during air attack. Besides, He confronts a con-man executive officer. What is waiting for him?
6 March 1916, Harrisburg, Illinois, USA
22 December 1917, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1 October 1917, Chicago, Illinois, USA
17 January 1921, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
5 July 1912, Chatham, Ontario, Canada
14 February 1936, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
31 August 1920, Hempstead, Long Island, New York, USA
9 October 1929, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
23 November 1914, Texas, USA
11 July 1922, Holbrook, Arizona, USA
July 13, 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
February 11, 2009
Without a true plot to speak of, you really watch the film for the comic set ups that all have fairly quick payoffs.
November 30, 2003
A n ice pairing of the talents of Cary Grant and Tony Curtis
January 26, 2006
Not unpleasant, but the situations (including the inevitable invasion of women aboard the sub) are horribly familiar, and the dialogue none too inspired.
June 03, 2003
Ah, Blake Edwards. I remember when he was not just funny--but really funny.
July 21, 2014
Hasn't aged especially well. Still, on the strength of Grant and co-lead Tony Curtis, Edwards' film remains a diverting enough escape from reality. [Blu-ray]
July 07, 2010
Operation Petticoat has no more weight than a sackful of feathers, but it has a lot of laughs.
March 21, 2010
Appealing but thin service comedy.
August 04, 2014
There's a distinct lack of forward momentum plaguing Operation Petticoat, which takes forever to get going, and even then only moves in fits and starts, plot-wise.
July 17, 2005
With shining, contarsting turns from Cary Grant and Tony Curtis, Blake Edwards's slick and funny military comedy was one of 1959's most popular films and one of Grant's biggest commercial hits in a long and brilliant career.
May 15, 2012
Blake Edwards directs with his customary wit, breeziness, and acute sense of pacing.
November 20, 2003
Splendid, if a little long, service comedy from Edwards.
