Operation Petticoat: Directed by Blake Edwards. With Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O'Brien, Dina Merrill. During World War II, a commander finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) submarine, a con man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

Operation Petticoat is a 1959 American World War II submarine comedy film in Eastmancolor from Universal-International, produced by Robert Arthur, directed by Blake Edwards, and starring Cary Grant and Tony Curtis.

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A submarine captain and his supply officer are determined to get their dry-dock sub back into WWII action. However, a bevy of nurses comes aboard, causing hijinks in the hot pink sub. …

Operation Petticoat (1959) Operation Petticoat was Edwards's first big-budget movie as a director. The film, which starred Cary Grant and Tony Curtis and was produced by Grant's own production company, Granart Company, became the "greatest box-office success of the decade for Universal [Studios]" and made Edwards a recognized director.

During World War II, the crew of a decrepit submarine takes on a team of Army nurses. Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman fondly surveys the , a submarine he commanded during World War II that now must be junked because of its extreme age.

While docked in The Philippines in preparation for its first wartime order to sink or destroy all enemy fleet, the submarine USS Sea Tiger sustains major damage in a Japanese air raid.

Operation Petticoat (1959), directed by Blake Edwards, is a World War II comedy about the misadventures of the USS Sea Tiger, a damaged submarine led by Lt. Cmdr. Matt Sherman (Cary Grant).