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Operation Petticoat
20,000 laughs under the sea!
20,000 laughs under the sea!
Comedy, Romance, War - 1959
Operation Petticoat
7.2
81%
N/A
A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
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Details

Rated:
Approved
Runtime:
124 min
Release date:
5 Dec 1959
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$6,800,000
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Blake Edwards directs with his customary wit, breeziness, and acute sense of pacing.
– Don Druker,
Chicago Reader,
15 May 2012
fresh:
Operation Petticoat has no more weight than a sackful of feathers, but it has a lot of laughs.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
7 Jul 2010
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,
26 Jan 2006
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