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The Iron Petticoat (1956)

 -  Comedy  -  7 January 1957 (USA)
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Captain Vinka Kovelenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Major Charles "Chuck" Lockwood
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Captain Vinka Kovelenko
Noelle Middleton ...
Lady Connie Warburton-Watts
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Colonel Sklarnoff
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Ivan Kropotkin
David Kossoff ...
Dr. Anton Dubratz
Alan Gifford ...
Colonel Newt Tarbell
Nicholas Phipps ...
Tony Mallard
Paul Carpenter ...
Major Lewis
Sid James ...
Paul (as Sidney James)
Alexander Gauge ...
Senator Howley
Sandra Dorne ...
Tityana
Richard Wattis ...
Lingerie Clerk
Tutte Lemkow ...
Sutsiyawa
Olaf Pooley
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Captain Vinka Kovelenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her the bright side of capitalism, while she tries to convince him of the superority of communism. Naturaly, they fall in love, but there's still the KGB, which doesn't like the idea of having a defected Russian officer running around in London. Written by Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>

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7 January 1957 (USA)  »

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(Westrex Recording System)

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1.85 : 1
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Bob Hope and Ben Hecht clashed during production due to creative differences. At one point, Hecht demanded that his name be taken off the film; his request wasn't granted. See more »

Goofs

When the "MiG" is shown at the beginning of the film it's not an actual MiG, but a US-built Republic F-84F. The U.S. aircraft sent out to intercept it are North American F-86Ds See more »

Quotes

Bartender: What's your stratagy, Captain?
Major Chuck Lockwood: Right now, I'm torn between suicide and desertion!
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Referenced in Harry Saltzman: Showman (2000) See more »

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"The Knightsbridge March"
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Music by Eric Coates
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Bob and Kate deliver, but still a dull film.
13 November 2001 | by (The Beach) – See all my reviews

Bland cold war comedy was a rare British effort for Hope who was teamed for the first (and last) time with Hepburn. Hope was coming off his best film ever (THE SEVEN LITTLE FOYS) so he was in his prime as an actor, but poor dialogue and little happening on screen gave him and his co-star little to do except react to each other. These two pros acted very well together but too fews laughs and no big ones (I begged for even the lamest of pratfalls) made for a murky and unrewarding effort. For die-hard fans of the stars only.


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