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Operation Mad Ball

It's Operation Laughter For You! and anything goes!

1957 1h 45m 6.7Movie
ComedyWar

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.

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Blake Edwards

Screenplay

Richard Quine

Director

Arthur Carter

Writer

Jed Harris

Writer

Top Cast

Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon

Pvt. Hogan

Ernie Kovacs

Ernie Kovacs

Capt. Paul Lock

Kathryn Grant

Kathryn Grant

Lt. Betty Bixby

Arthur O'Connell

Arthur O'Connell

Col. Rousch

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

MSgt. Yancy Skibo

Dick York

Dick York

Cpl. Bohun

James Darren

James Darren

Pvt. Widowskas

Roger Smith

Roger Smith

Cpl. Berryman

William Leslie

William Leslie

Pvt. Grimes

Sheridan Comerate

Sheridan Comerate

Sgt. Wilson

L.Q. Jones

L.Q. Jones

Ozark

Jeanne Manet

Jeanne Manet

Madame LaFour

Marilyn Hanold

Marilyn Hanold

Lt. Tweedy (uncredited)

Mary LaRoche

Mary LaRoche

Lt. Schmidt (uncredited)

Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Tyler Moore

Nurse (uncredited)

Bebe Allen

Lt. Johnson (uncredited)

Richard Bull

Richard Bull

Military Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Anna Lee Carroll

Anna Lee Carroll

Lt. Leeming (uncredited)

Joel Collins

Collins (uncredited)

Dick Crockett

Sgt. McCloskey (uncredited)

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