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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.
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.
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- Comedy, War
- Richard Quine
- 1957-08-17
Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A peacetime soldier plots to throw a party under his strict captain's nose. Cast & Crew. Read More. Richard Quine. Director. Jack Lemmon. Pvt. Hogan. Ernie Kovacs. Capt. Paul Lock. Kathryn Grant. Lt. Betty Bixby. Arthur O'connell. Col. Rousch. Mickey Rooney. M/Sgt. Yancy Skibo.
Operation Mad Ball (1957) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Posted in France, Pvt. Hogan (Jack Lemmon) falls hard for Betty Bixby (Kathryn Grant), a nurse who happens to be a lieutenant, which means they are forbidden to fraternize due to their ranks.
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- Richard Quine
- Comedy
- Jack Lemmon
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Director. Blake Edwards. Screenplay. Arthur Carter. Writer. Jed Harris. Writer. In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as he tries to throw a party under the nose of his obnoxious commanding officer.
Synopsis by Mark Deming. In this frantic service comedy, a group of bored-to-tears American GI's stationed at a medical facility in France would like nothing more than to have a big party to let off steam -- except for the possibility of having a big party with some of the nurses they work with.
