# Operation Petticoat (1959)

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**Runtime**: 124 min
**Genres**: Comedy, War, Romance
**Directed by**: Blake Edwards
**Written by**: Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin, Joseph Stone
**Starring**: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill, Gene Evans, Dick Sargent

> *20,000 laughs under the sea!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Blake Edwards, setting out to prove war is indeed hell, but also pink. A submarine commander must run a tight ship with nurses aboard during wartime. It might not sink, but the film perhaps runs long.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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