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The Iron Petticoat (1956)
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7 January 1957 (USA)
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Bob and Kate...Simply Great more
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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...
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Bob and Kate deliver, but still a dull film.
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Bob Hope | ... | Major Charles "Chuck" Lockwood | |
| Katharine Hepburn | ... | Captain Vinka Kovelenko | |
| Noelle Middleton | ... | Lady Connie Warburton-Watts | |
| James Robertson Justice | ... | Colonel Sklarnoff | |
| Robert Helpmann | ... | 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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Not for Money
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87 min | UK:106 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Vinka Kovelenko:
I lost my temper!
Colonel Tarbell: At the communists?
Vinka Kovelenko: No, at the male sex!
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Colonel Tarbell: At the communists?
Vinka Kovelenko: No, at the male sex!
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Referenced in Harry Saltzman: Showman (2000) (V)
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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.