Operation Mad Ball

Name: Operation Mad Ball
Genre: Comedy, War
Released: 1957
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 6.68

1957 · 105 min

Comedy · War

★ 6.7

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In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as he tries to throw a party under the nose of his obnoxious commanding officer.

Crew

Director Richard Quine
Screenplay Blake Edwards
Writer Arthur Carter
Writer Jed Harris
Director of Photography Charles Lawton Jr.

Cast

Jack Lemmon
Pvt. Hogan
Ernie Kovacs
Capt. Paul Lock
Kathryn Grant
Lt. Betty Bixby
Arthur O'Connell
Col. Rousch
Mickey Rooney
MSgt. Yancy Skibo
Dick York
Cpl. Bohun
James Darren
Pvt. Widowskas
Roger Smith
Cpl. Berryman
William Leslie
Pvt. Grimes
Sheridan Comerate
Sgt. Wilson
L.Q. Jones
Ozark
Jeanne Manet
Madame LaFour

Crew

Director — Richard Quine
Screenplay — Blake Edwards
Writer — Arthur Carter
Writer — Jed Harris
Director of Photography — Charles Lawton Jr.

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