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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. The screenplay is by Blake Edwards, Jed Harris, and Arthur Carter, based on an unproduced play by Carter. [2]
A U.S. Army hospital in post-WWII France is the setting for a madcap dance organized by Private Hogan and Captain Lock, who clash over rules and romance. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this 1957 film.
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- Comedy, War
- Richard Quine
- 1957-08-17
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Operation Mad Ball (1957) -- (Movie Clip) I Never Saw The Picture In post-WWII France, Private Hogan (Jack Lemmon) is enjoying a fancy meal in anticipation of a Court Martial, conspiring with buddies being prevented from seeing their nurse sweethearts, Roger Smith as Berryman, William Leslie as Grimes, Paul PIcerni as Bullard, James Darren as “Widow” and William Hickey as Sampson, in ...
Operation Mad Ball. 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 ...
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- Richard Quine
- Comedy
- Jack Lemmon
Summaries. Private Hogan must raise his ability to scheme and plot to a new level to put on a madcap dance to celebrate the closing of an Army surgical hospital in post WWII France while evading the stickler-for-details Captain Lock--and trying to win the heart of beautiful nurse Lieutenant Betty Bixby. — Rick Munoz <munozrd@mymail.com>.
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Overview. 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. Richard Quine. Director.
