Revealing mistake: During the opening credits, as a crab descends past the periscope, the string attached to the crab is visible.
Operation Petticoat (1959)
1 revealing mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Blake Edwards
Starring: Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Dina Merrill, Joan O'Brien
Revealing mistake: During the opening credits, as a crab descends past the periscope, the string attached to the crab is visible.
Lt. Cmdr Matt T. Serman: Sir, Sea Tiger was built to fight. She deserves a better epitaph than 'Commissioned 1940, sunk 1941, engagements none, shots fired none.' Now, you can't let it go that way. That's like a beautiful woman dying an old maid, if you know what I mean by old maid.
Capt. J.B. Henderson: Did you ever sell used cars?
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T.Sherman: No, Sir.
Capt. J.B. Henderson: I've got a hunch you missed your calling.
Trivia: The initial premise of the movie, that the nearly-new U.S.S. Sea Tiger was sunk pierside at Cavite on 10 December 1941, then hastily repaired, is based on fact. A nearly-new American submarine was indeed sunk pierside at Cavite on 10 December 1941. Unfortunately, the real-life submarine could not be repaired in time, and had to be blown up. Her name was U.S.S. Sea Lion (SS-195).