72%
21 votes
Rate this movie
What did you think?

140
watchers
187
plays
1.6k
collected
125
lists

Operation Mad Ball 1957
G

IMDB TMDB Fanart.tv

Ads suck, but they help pay the bills. Hide ads with

VIP.

Released1957-08-17
Runtime1h 45m
DirectorRichard Quine

WritersBlake Edwards (screenplay) + 2 more, Arthur Carter, Jed Harris
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
StudioColumbia Pictures
GenresComedy, War

Ads suck, but they help pay the bills. Hide ads with

VIP.

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.

Private Notes

Videos

Add to favorites

Actors
All Cast & Crew

Cast
46

Ads suck, but they help pay the bills. Hide ads with

VIP.

Ads suck, but they help pay the bills. Hide ads with

VIP.

Ads suck, but they help pay the bills. Hide ads with

VIP.

Ads suck, but they help pay the bills. Hide ads with

VIP.

Operation Mad Ball 1957G

ActorsAll Cast & Crew

Cast 46

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)

Kort Falkenberg

Oskar (uncredited)

Ron Gans

Tinneman (uncredited)

Albert Godderis

Old Man (uncredited)

Stacy Graham

Lt. Rosedale (uncredited)

Michael Hagen

Jarvis (uncredited)

William Hickey

Sampson (uncredited)

Maithe Iragui

Odette (uncredited)

Roy Jenson

Hospital Guard (uncredited)

Betsy Jones-Moreland

Lt. Bushey (uncredited)

Henry McCann

Shorty (uncredited)

Joan McKellen

Nurse (uncredited)

David McMahon

MSgt. Pringle (uncredited)

John Mitchum

Enlisted Man (uncredited)

Patricia Morán

Lt. White (uncredited)

Dale Musselman

Sax Player (uncredited)

Bek Nelson

Nurse (uncredited)

Paul Picerni

Pvt. Bullard (uncredited)

William Pierson

Sgt. Perkins (uncredited)

Kathy Reed

Operation Mad Ball 1957
G

Actors
All Cast & Crew

Cast
46