Operation Petticoat

Comedy, War

Cary Grant	Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman
Tony Curtis	Lt. (j.g.) Nicholas Holden
Joan O'Brien	Lt. Dolores Crandall, RN
Dina Merrill	Lt. Barbara Duran, RN
Gene Evans	Chief Molumphry
Dick Sargent	Ens. Stovall
Virginia Gregg	Maj. Edna Heywood, RN
Robert F. Simon	Capt. J.B. Henderson
Robert Gist	Lt. Watson
Gavin MacLeod	Ernest Hunkle
Arthur O'Connell

Director	Blake Edwards
Producer	Robert Arthur
Writer	Stanley Shapiro; Maurice Richlin; Paul King; Joseph Stone

Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman (Cary Grant) seeks to guide his submarine, the U. S.S. Sea Tiger to dock after it is damaged in combat. The ship is limping badly and morale is not high among the crew, save for Lt. Nick Holden (Tony Curtis), a free-spirited playboy who takes any opportunity to make his short tour of duty lively. En route to port, the crew finds a stranded group of Army nurses and are compelled -- by chivalry, duty, and a decided lack of female companionship – to help, much to Sherman’s chagrin. To compound his woes, while re-painting the submarine, the crew finds they have little supplies to coat the ship. They are forced to combine what little paint they can scavenge to finish the job. Red and white paint makes pink and the pink sub makes Sherman and his crew a laughingstock for Allied and Axis troops as well as among civilians they encounter.