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Operation Mad Ball is a american film of genre War directed by Richard Quiney released in USA on 17 august 1957 with Jack Lemmon
Operation Mad Ball (1957)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 17 august 1957
Length 1h45
Directed by Richard Quiney
OriginUSA
Themes Military humor in film
Rating64%
Operation Mad Ball is a 1957 military comedy starring Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Kathryn Grant, Arthur O'Connell, and Mickey Rooney, and directed by Richard Quine. The screenplay is by Blake Edwards, Jed Harris and Arthur Carter, based on an unproduced play by Carter.
Synopsis
In a hospital unit in the U.S. Army in Europe after World War II, Private Hogan (Jack Lemmon) does not believe that a blue-stocking can be good-looking, but the first sight of dietetic nurse Lieutenant Betty Bixby (Kathryn Grant) sets him straight. When he picks her cigarette lighter up and puts his weapon aside, he is surprísed by security officer Paul Locke (Ernie Kovacs) who admonishes him for putting down his weapon while on guard duty and confines him to quarters preliminary to a court martial. The Colonel in charge of the unit (Arthur O'Connell), however, would prefer to keep everything "in the family" and avoid a court martial.Actors
Jack Lemmon
(Pvt. Hogan)
Kathryn Crosby
(Lt. Betty Bixby)
Ernie Kovacs
(Capt. Paul Lock)
Mickey Rooney
(MSgt. Yancy Skibo)
Arthur O'Connell
(Col. Rousch)
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