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Operation Mad Ball
“It's Operation Laughter For You! and anything goes!”
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.
Directed by Richard Quine
67
User score
25 votes
Status
Released
Released
August 17, 1957
Runtime
1h 45m
Language
English
Top 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
Marilyn Hanold
Lt. Tweedy (uncredited)
Mary LaRoche
Lt. Schmidt (uncredited)
Mary Tyler Moore
Nurse (uncredited)
Bebe Allen
Lt. Johnson (uncredited)
Richard Bull
Military Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Anna Lee Carroll
Lt. Leeming (uncredited)
Joel Collins
Collins (uncredited)
Dick Crockett
Sgt. McCloskey (uncredited)
