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Operation Mad Ball is a 1957 American military comedy from Columbia Pictures, produced by Jed Harris, directed by Richard Quine, that stars Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Kathryn Grant, Arthur O'Connell, and Mickey Rooney.
Operation Mad Ball: Directed by Richard Quine. With Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Kathryn Grant, Arthur O'Connell. In post-WWII France, U.S. Army hospital Private Hogan and Captain Lock try to outwit each other on issues such as wooing pretty nurses, accounting for missing medical supplies, organizing unauthorized dances, and influencing their C.O.
- (1.3K)
- Comedy, War
- Richard Quine
- 1957-08-17
Operation Mad Ball is sometimes called a precursor to Robert Altman's M*A*S*H (1970), but the medical unit setting is about the only common thread. The satiric black comedy M*A*S*H shows medical officers rebelling in wartime; Operation Mad Ball is among those service comedies that play it safe by having the high jinks occur in peacetime.
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Nov 6, 2019 · Always one to skirt the rules, Hogan, with the help of his friend Cpl. Bohun (Dick York), cooks up a scheme to throw a clandestine ball for all the soldiers and nurses.
- (79)
- Richard Quine
- Comedy
- Jack Lemmon
Private Hogan must raise his ability to scheme and plot to a new level to put on a madcap dance to celebrate the closing of an Army surgical hospital in post...
Operation Mad Ball. 1957 · 1 hr 45 min. TV-PG. Comedy. A group of enlisted men, led by Private Hogan, are tasked with planning a dance party, while trying to keep it a secret from a busy-body officer. Subtitles: English. Starring: Jack Lemmon Ernie Kovacs Kathryn Grant Arthur O'Connell Mickey Rooney Dick York James Darren.
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