Operation Mad Ball

Operation Mad Ball (1957)

It's Operation Laughter For You! and anything goes!

  • Genre: Comedy, War
  • Release Date: 1957-08-17
  • User Rating: 6.4/10 from 15 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 45min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Columbia Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Richard Quine
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From 15 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Jack Lemmon

    as Pvt. Hogan
  • Ernie Kovacs

    as Capt. Paul Lock
  • Kathryn Grant

    as Lt. Betty Bixby
  • Arthur O'Connell

    as Col. Rousch
  • Mickey Rooney

    as MSgt. Yancy Skibo
  • Dick York

    as Cpl. Bohun
  • James Darren

    as Pvt. Widowskas
  • Roger Smith

    as Cpl. Berryman
  • William Leslie

    as Pvt. Grimes
  • Sheridan Comerate

    as Sgt. Wilson
  • L.Q. Jones

    as Ozark
  • Jeanne Manet

    as Madame LaFour
  • Marilyn Hanold

    as Lt. Tweedy (uncredited)
  • Mary LaRoche

    as Lt. Schmidt (uncredited)
  • Mary Tyler Moore

    as Nurse (uncredited)
  • Bebe Allen

    as Lt. Johnson (uncredited)
  • Richard Bull

    as Military Police Sergeant (uncredited)
  • Anna Lee Carroll

    as Lt. Leeming (uncredited)
  • Joel Collins

    as Collins (uncredited)
  • Dick Crockett

    as Sgt. McCloskey (uncredited)
  • Kort Falkenberg

    as Oskar (uncredited)
  • Ron Gans

    as Tinneman (uncredited)
  • Albert Godderis

    as Old Man (uncredited)
  • Stacy Graham

    as Lt. Rosedale (uncredited)
  • Michael Hagen

    as Jarvis (uncredited)
  • William Hickey

    as Sampson (uncredited)
  • Maithe Iragui

    as Odette (uncredited)
  • Roy Jenson

    as Hospital Guard (uncredited)
  • Betsy Jones-Moreland

    as Lt. Bushey (uncredited)
  • Henry McCann

    as Shorty (uncredited)
  • Joan McKellen

    as Nurse (uncredited)
  • David McMahon

    as MSgt. Pringle (uncredited)
  • John Mitchum

    as Enlisted Man (uncredited)
  • Patricia Morán

    as Lt. White (uncredited)
  • Dale Musselman

    as Sax Player (uncredited)
  • Bek Nelson

    as Nurse (uncredited)
  • Paul Picerni

    as Pvt. Bullard (uncredited)
  • William Pierson

    as Sgt. Perkins (uncredited)
  • Kathy Reed

    as Nurse (uncredited)
  • Otto Reichow

    as German Prisoner of War (uncredited)
  • Werner Reichow

    as Franz (uncredited)
  • Robert C. Ross

    as Enlisted Man (uncredited)
  • Eddie Ryder

    as Allison (uncredited)
  • Roy N. Sickner

    as Hospital Guard (uncredited)
  • Billy Snyder

    as Soldier (uncredited)
  • Rose Wallerstein

    as Guard (uncredited)
Writing Blake Edwards Screenplay
Directing Richard Quine Director
Camera Homer Van Pelt Still Photographer
Sound George Duning Original Music Composer
Camera Charles Lawton Jr. Camera Operator
Editing Charles Nelson Editor
Writing Arthur Carter Writer
Writing Jed Harris Writer

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