Operation Petticoat

Operation Petticoat (1959)

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Corrected entry: At the end of the movie, Tony Curtis and family arrive in a yellow taxi cab because Grant's wife didn't arrive to bring them. He tells the cab to wait and drive his family back. Then Cary Grant's wife comes flying up in her car, slams on her brakes and slides into the rear of the cab and knocks it into the bus. When the bus pulls off, the cab is attached to it...but it's now black.

Correction: That is incorrect. Tony Curtis and his wife and children arrive by taxi, which then leaves. Cary Grant's wife arrives a bit later in her car, and hits the back of Grant's black Admiral's car, which was already parked there, pushing it into the bus which drives away with it attached to the back bumper. Grant's wife even says it is his car, and he tells her not to worry because the guards at the Naval gate will stop it. Curtis did not tell the taxi to wait, but had asked a Navy personnel to drive his family home.

raywest

Corrected entry: At the luau, the Chief calls the nurse Major Meghan, when her name is Edna.

Correction: No, he doesn't. He calls her "my dear".

Corrected entry: In the scene where Holden is chasing the pig, he falls down on his bottom and obviously gets mud on it, yet when he gets back in the truck, his trousers are clean.

Packergirl

Correction: The character's name is Hunkle, not Holden.

Corrected entry: When the sub is going to attack a docked tanker, they are about 2,000 yards out. There are several views through the periscope, but none of them indicate any movement, yet they will "fire at 1500 yards".

Correction: The vessel they're tracking is standing still. The Sea Tiger is the ship that's moving.

Correction: Actually, the little boy calls him "Uncle Matt".

Other mistake: Close to when Tony Curtis and the nurse are going back to the pink sub, there is one scene where in the far background there are two objects moving on the water each creating a wake. It looks like someone is water skiing. A DVD will likely show this clearer.

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Chief Mechanic's Mate Sam Tostin: I'm a religious man, Captain, and I believe we'll get through if the Good Lord puts His mind to it. Of course, He'll have to give us His undivided attention.

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Trivia: Operation Petticoat was filmed at the US Naval Base in Key West Fla. They actually did paint a submarine pink. I was attending the Fleet Sonar School on the base at the time and watched with great interest. The submarine used was the U.S.S. Balao (SS-285), which was still in commission at the time.

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