
Operation Mad Ball
1957, Comedy, 1h 45m
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Movie Info
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. 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. But the two have their work cut out for them when the authoritative Capt. Paul Lock (Ernie Kovacs) starts breathing down their necks.
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Genre: Comedy
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Original Language: English
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Director: Richard Quine
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Producer: Jed Harris
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Writer: Arthur L Carter, Blake Edwards, Jed Harris
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Cast & Crew

Jack Lemmon
Pvt. Hogan

Kathryn Grant
Lt. Betty Bixby

Ernie Kovacs
Capt. Paul Lock

Arthur O'Connell
Col. Rousch

Mickey Rooney
MSgt. Yancy Skibo

Dick York
Cpl. Bohun

James Darren
Pvt. Widowskas

Roger Smith
Cpl. Berryman

William Leslie
Pvt. Grimes

Sheridan Comerate
Sgt. Wilson

L.Q. Jones
Ozark

Jeanne Manet
Madame LaFour

Bebe Allen
Lt. Johnson (uncredited)

Mary LaRoche
Lt. Schmidt (uncredited)

Dick Crockett
Sgt. McCloskey (uncredited)

Paul Picerni
Pvt. Bullard (uncredited)

Otto Reichow
German Prisoner of War (uncredited)

Richard Quine
Director

Jed Harris
Producer

Arthur L Carter
Screenwriter

Blake Edwards
Screenwriter

Jed Harris
Screenwriter

George Duning
Original Music

Charles Lawton Jr.
Cinematographer

Charles Nelson
Film Editing

Robert F. Boyle
Art Director
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Jun 24, 2009Strictly pedestrian effort despite cast of talented actors who have all made much better films then this. Indifferently directed and it just sort of ends without a real finish.
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