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Operation Petticoat

1959 · 124 min

A genial, old-fashioned service comedy full of gentle scrapes and easy charm, never tense and always good-humoured.

Tagline
20,000 laughs under the sea!
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.

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  • Channel 4 Plus
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • friendship
  • love
  • found family
  • survival
Places
  • sea
  • military
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism5
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, war, romance
Directed by
Blake Edwards
Written by
Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin
Starring
Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill, Gene Evans, Dick Sargent, Virginia Gregg, Robert F. Simon
Cinematography
Russell Harlan
Runtime
124 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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