MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Up 1,165 this week

Operation Petticoat (1959)

Approved  |   |  Comedy, Romance, War  |  1959 (UK)
7.3
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 7.3/10 from 8,766 users  
Reviews: 52 user | 34 critic

World War 2 comedy about a submarine commander who finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) sub, a con-man executive officer and a group of army nurses.

Director:

Writers:

(screenplay), (screenplay), 2 more credits »
0Check in
0Share...

On Disc

at Amazon

10 Best Action Heroes

We consulted IMDb's Highest-Rated Action-Family Films to came up with 10 scene-stealing action figures your kids can relate to, look up to, and be inspired by.

Visit our Family Entertainment Guide

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 25 titles
created 18 Jan 2011
 
a list of 28 titles
created 02 Sep 2011
 
a list of 37 titles
created 05 Jan 2014
 
a list of 45 titles
created 09 Oct 2014
 
a list of 26 titles
created 6 months ago
 

Related Items

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Operation Petticoat (1959)

Operation Petticoat (1959) on IMDb 7.3/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Operation Petticoat.

User Polls

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations. See more awards »
Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Father Goose (1964)
Adventure | Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  

During WW2, a man persuaded to live on an isolated island and spot aircraft finds himself responsible for a teacher and several students, all female.

Director: Ralph Nelson
Stars: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  

A rich businessman and a young woman are attracted to each other, but he only wants an affair while she wants to save her virginity for marriage.

Director: Delbert Mann
Stars: Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  

During the housing shortage of the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, two men and a woman share a small apartment in Tokyo, and the older man soon starts playing Cupid to the younger pair.

Director: Charles Walters
Stars: Cary Grant, Samantha Eggar, Jim Hutton
Comedy | Romance | War
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

Captain Henri Rochard is a French officer assigned to work with Lieut. Catherine Gates. Through a wacky series of misadventures, they fall in love and marry. When the war ends, Capt. ... See full summary »

Director: Howard Hawks
Stars: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall
Indiscreet (1958)
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  

Anna Kalman is a London based actress. She has been unable to find love in her life. The reason why she came home early from a vacation to Majorca fits into that theme, as the man she met ... See full summary »

Director: Stanley Donen
Stars: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker
Comedy | Drama | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X  

Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists to take guided tours of their castle. But Charles Delacro, a millionaire oil tycoon, visits, and takes a ... See full summary »

Director: Stanley Donen
Stars: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  

A high school girl falls for a playboy artist with screwball results.

Director: Irving Reis
Stars: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  

A man and his wife decide they can afford to have a house in the country built to their specifications. It's a lot more trouble than they think.

Director: H.C. Potter
Stars: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  

A bishop trying to get a new cathedral built prays for guidance. An angel (Cary Grant) arrives, but his guidance isn't about fundraising.

Director: Henry Koster
Stars: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven
Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7/10 X  

A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.

Director: Howard Hawks
Stars: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.7/10 X  

Three decorated Navy pilots finagle a four day leave in San Francisco. They procure a posh suite at the hotel and Commander Crewson, a master of procurement, arranges to populate it with ... See full summary »

Director: Stanley Donen
Stars: Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Leif Erickson
Comedy | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X  

Missing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the day of her husband's second marriage.

Director: Garson Kanin
Stars: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
...
Joan O'Brien ...
Lt. Dolores Crandall RN
...
Gene Evans ...
...
Ens. Stovall (as Richard Sargent)
...
Robert F. Simon ...
Robert Gist ...
...
Ernest Hunkle
George Dunn ...
The Prophet
Dick Crockett ...
Harmon
...
Lt. Reid RN
...
Lt. Colfax RN
Clarence Lung ...
Sgt. Ramon Gillardo (as Clarence E. Lung)
Edit

Storyline

A submarine newly commissioned is damaged in the opening days of WW II. A captain, looking for a command insists he can get it to a dockyard and captain it. Going slowly to this site, they find a stranded group of Army nurses and must take them aboard. How bad can it get? Trying to get a primer coat on the sub, they have to mix white and red in order to have enough. When forced to flee the dock during an air attack, they find themselves with the world's only Pink submarine, still with 5 women in the tight quarters of a submarine. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Taglines:

It all started when they smuggled 5 girls aboard their submarine! See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Romance | War

Certificate:

Approved | See all certifications »
Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

1959 (UK)  »

Also Known As:

Sirenas y tiburones  »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

| (Ontario)

Sound Mix:

(Westrex Recording System)

Color:

(Eastman Color)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

'USS Balao' SS-285 was painted pink and was used for exterior shots in and around Key West. 'USS Archerfish' SS-311 (originally 'USS Archer-Fish', renamed at 1952 recommission) wore the standard colors of gray and black, and was used for interior and exterior shots in and around Key West. 'USS Queenfish' SS-393 was used in opening and closing scenes, and was used for the "at sea" shots filmed in and around San Diego. See more »

Goofs

When Lt. Commander Sherman is talking to Captain Henderson they mention the submarine tender Bushnell as being in Darwin, Australia. That is not correct as the Bushnell had been transferred to duty as a Hydrographic Survey ship and renamed Sumner AGS-32 in 1940. The closest submarine tender was actually USS Canopus AS-9, which was in the Cavite Naval Yard. See more »

Quotes

Destroyer officer: [Examining the bra fished out of the water] The Japs don't have anything like these!
[turns to the depth charge crew]
Destroyer officer: Cease fire!
See more »

Connections

Referenced in White Collar: Prisoner's Dilemma (2010) See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

See more (Spoiler Alert!) »

User Reviews

Great movie a must for your dvd collection "a classic"
19 November 2002 | by (Somerset Kentucky) – See all my reviews

I thought the movie was quiet delightful. A classic for the whole family Brought back alot of great memories as a child. Not a war movie for the serious war buff's. Two thumbs up. Glad I found this one!!


11 of 15 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Submarine question curlew-2
Not the best Cary Grant. sherm50
A Ferengi Rule of Acquisition? Sean1956
ONBOARD QUEENFISH SS393 IN 1959 FOR FILMING OF OPERATION PETTICOAT DrJohnGriffin
goof? AMadAngel
Different lenght Sempai1
Discuss Operation Petticoat (1959) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?