Operation Petticoat

Operation Petticoat1959

Director: Blake Edwards
Stars: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill, Gene Evans
Genre: Comedy, Romance, War
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 124 minutes

Blake Edwards's delightful 1959 comedy stars Cary Grant as a World War II submarine captain whose preference for a by-the-book command reluctantly yields to certain realities. Chief among those is that Grant's first officer (Tony Curtis, who imperso… more »



Lt. Nicholas Holden:
Let me go shopping sir and see what's left at the market.

Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman:
You Mr. Holden? You'd ruin your manicure.

Lt. Nicholas Holden:
Don't let the manicure fool you sir. I grew up in a neighborhood called Noah's Ark; If you didn't travel in pairs, you just didn't travel.

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