Operation Petticoat (1959)

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Cary Grant and Tony Curtis teams up in this one of a kind comedy about a submarine at sea during WWII.Submarine Sea Tiger docked at harbor gets attacked by the Japanese, and nearly sinks. The newly appointed executive officer Lt. Holden (Tony Curtis) knows nothing about seamanship, but knows plenty about how to get in the back door of the supply room. The sub is ready to ship out, but not quite shipshape. While going ashore on an island, they discover American women stranded there, and brings them aboard. Plenty of mishaps, and misadventure follows the crew of the submarine. This includes being hunted by US destroyer thinking that the submarine painted in pink is an enemy vessel.This frequently seen movie never seems to get old. The humor still works in the 21st century. Performance of Cary Grant, and Tony Curtis is one of the best. Scenery set in the south pacific is also beautiful.One of the finest comedy from the '50s and one of the best comedy Cary Grant and Tony Curtis starred in.

The story is very slight, and the film is a little long and sometimes suffers from uneven pacing. However, it does look wonderful, even now the cinematography still looks very handsome. I love the humour in Operation Petticoat as well. The script constantly sparkles and the jokes are very funny. The direction is competent, and the characters are likable enough.The cast is also great. Cary Grant is brilliant and Tony Curtis is also very entertaining and I had no problem at all with his mannerisms personally.In conclusion, it is slight and overlong, but Operation Petticoat is also very enjoyable and worth seeing for the humour and the cast. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Though 'Gray Lady Down' is code for a downed sub, the boat itself doesn't play as big a part in the movie as one fears.The story of a WWII submarine crew looking to survive aboard their oft damaged ship moves briskly, with style and serves as a great war themed picture.Watching the crew work against the enemy, their own and the vessel itself is just some good fun. Teaming Tony Curtis with his film idol in Grant, the two have great chemistry and play wartime officers quite well, giving this comedy a battlefront appeal.Saturday afternoon fare, bring the popcorn but only take the bathroom break in case of emergency.

This is a light comedy which was done the same year Tony Curtis did his impression of Cary Grant in the movie Some Like It Hot. While this movie and the other are light comedies, this one is not quite as effective because in spite of a strong cast, it does not comes off quite as well as the other film.Grant is the Captain & Curtis is his second on a Submarine which somehow happens to pick up a group of women while on a combat mission. Before all is said & done there is plenty of sexual innuendo and a freshly painted pink submarine to be sailed.This is a sexual tension comedy which offers a light look at what happens when women were brought into this type of situation in the days before equal rights. While the stereo types have changed since this was made, the comedy is OK and who could argue with a talented list of support actors including Marion Ross & Gavin Mccloud that keep this film moving.