Operation Petticoat (1959) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Blake Edwards.

Cast

• Cary Grant as Lieutenant Commander Matt Sherman
• Tony Curtis as Lieutenant Nicholas Holden
• Joan O'Brien as 2nd Lieutenant Dolores Crandall
• Dina Merrill as 2nd Lieutenant Barbara Duran
• Gene Evans as Chief Molumphry
• Dick Sargent as Ensign Stovall (as Richard Sargent)
• Virginia Gregg as Major Edna Heywood
• Robert F. Simon as Captain J.B. Henderson
• Robert Gist as Lieutenant Watson
• Gavin MacLeod as Yeoman Ernest Hunkle
• George Dunn as Prophet
• Dick Crockett as Petty Officer Harmon
• Madlyn Rhue as 2nd Lieutenant Reid
• Marion Ross as 2nd Lieutenant Colfax
• Clarence Lung as Sergeant Ramon Gillardo
• Frankie Darro as Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class Dooley
• Tony Pastor Jr. as Fox
• Robert F. Hoy as Reiner
• Nicky Blair as Seaman Kraus
• John W. Morley as Williams
• Arthur O'Connell as Chief Motor Machinist's Mate Sam Tostin
• Hal Baylor as Military Police Sergeant (uncredited)
• William Bryant as Crewman (uncredited)
• Bert Byers as Bowman (uncredited)
• Dick Callinan as Lieutenant Morrison (uncredited)
• Gordon Casell as Colonel Higginson (uncredited)
• Malcolm Cassell as Sailor (uncredited)
• H. Haile Chace as Soldier (uncredited)
• Tony Corrado as Fireman Lye (uncredited)
• Dale Cummings as Military Policeman (uncredited)
• Francis De Sales as Captain Kress (uncredited)
• Vince Deadrick Sr. as (uncredited)
• Alan Dexter as Navy Chief (uncredited)
• Tusi Faiivae as Witch Doctor (uncredited)
• Paul Frees as Colonel in Jeep on Cebu (voice) (uncredited)
• Bob Gibson as Seaman (uncredited)
• Larry Gilliland as Sailor (uncredited)
• Preston Hanson as Simpson (uncredited)
• Fred Harflinger II as Sailor (uncredited)
• Harry Harvey Jr. as Soldier (uncredited)

Crew

• Maurice Richlin — Screenplay
• Robert Arthur — Producer
• Russell Harlan — Director of Photography
• Blake Edwards — Director
• Stanley Shapiro — Screenplay

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