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The Philippines, December 1941. Lt. Commander Matt Sherman is the captain of USS Sea Tiger, a submarine. While in harbour she is damaged by a Japanese air raid, and is close to being written off as sunk. However the crew manage to refloat her and repair her as best they can. Sherman acquires a supply officer, Lt (j.g.) Nick Holden, a staff officer with no discernible naval experience or talents, except one - he is a master of scavenging parts and supplies. The submarine sets out for Australia for repairs. On the way they stop at a US -held island only to find it deserted, but for five nurses. Things are about to get very complicated.Wonderfully funny and engaging war-comedy. Some great lines and situations. Does border on the silly at times but such is the lightness and momentum of the movie that this never gets out of hand or lingers too long. Good work by Cary Grant as Sherman. The character of Sherman suits him - fast-talking with a hint of sarcasm, all with a great deal of gravitas and authority. Tony Curtis does well as Lt. Holden and the Grant-Curtis combination works very well. Solid work by the supporting cast.

World War II comedy about a submarine commander (Cary Grant) who finds himself stuck with a decrepit -- and pink -- sub, a con-man executive officer (Tony Curtis) and a group of army nurses.Apparently, the film was pitched by Curtis in an effort to work with Grant, whom he had loved in "Destination Tokyo" (1943), today a lesser-known film among Grant's filmography. Seeing as Curtis has no script credit, he seemingly offered no suggestion beyond putting Grant on a boat again.Curtis had previously worked with director Blake Edwards on "Mister Cory" (1957) and "The Perfect Furlough" (1958), another military film. The latter was written by Stanley Shapiro. If the story of Curtis launching "Petticoat" is true, it is no surprise he approached his most recent writer and director with the idea. Edwards was still relatively new at this time, not having made "Breakfast at Tiffany's" or "The Pink Panther" yet. This film sky-rocketed him to the A-list of Hollywood directors. The film was a huge box office hit in its day, making it the #3 moneymaker of 1960, earning $6,800,000. The only films beating it were "Ben-Hur" and "Psycho" -- the latter coincidentally starring Curtis' wife, Janet Leigh!The film, overall, has aged well. The humor is more subtle than the in-your-face comedies of today, and the role of women in society has certainly changed. But there is a timelessness to any Cary Grant or Tony Curtis performance that makes the films they appear in timeless. Curtis is a lovable con man, and to see him steal everything in sight -- even an office wall -- has a charm to it that is hard to match.Thanks to Olive Films, the movie is now available on Blu-Ray looking and sounding better than ever before. Unfortunately, the disc contains no special features (not even a trailer), but is well worth owning for any fans of Grant, Curtis or Edwards. This is a true gem.

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.

In Tony Curtis's filmed tribute to Cary Grant for TCM he made much of his well known idolatry of the man who made him want to become an actor. As a kid growing up in the mean streets of New York, young Bernie Schwartz saw in Cary Grant all he ever wanted to be up there on the silver screen.During naval service on board a submarine in World War II he got to see Cary Grant in Warner Brothers Destination Tokyo. As Curtis said, life has a funny way of working things out. What happens; Tony Curtis gets to star with Grant years later in a World War II service comedy that is set aboard a submarine.Destination Tokyo was not one of Grant's best films, but Operation Petticoat definitely is. Right after World War II starts, Grant's new ship, the Tigerfish is sunk right in her berth in a remote Pacific Island. Grant persuades Admiral Robert Simon to make whatever repairs he can and try and get the ship back to Pearl Harbor for repairs.Among other things Grant gets is a new officer Tony Curtis who hasn't exactly seen much sea duty, but he's quite the operator. The two develop quite an interesting relationship on the voyage.And it's one thing after another on that memorable shakedown cruise back to Pearl Harbor. But Cary Grant is as unflappable and charming as ever, though even he seems a bit put out at times.There are some pretty hilarious moments in Operation Petticoat, the sinking of a truck, the painting of the Tigerfish pink and then having to leave it that way until Pearl Harbor. And who can forget how they are saved from friendly fire at the climax of the film.Operation Petticoat was one of the biggest commercial and critical hits that Cary Grant had in Hollywood. Coming right after North By Northwest it could well be argued this was the high point of his career.The film holds up very well today, I think today's audience would laugh just as hard as they did in 1959.