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The movie featured every aspect of first-rate Blake Edwards comedy - the director's unique humor a cast of some very interesting and offbeat characters and most importantly a well-written story.īecause of his past as a screenwriter, I had assumed that Edwards had written the movie's script. The 1959 World War II comedy proved to be his first feature movie as a director.
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Before he directed "OPERATION PETTICOAT", Edwards had worked as an actor, screenwriter and the occasional producer/director or writer of a series of television shows. When I first saw "OPERATION PETTICOAT", I wondered if I would like it as much as I did the television series. Between dealing with Holden's reluctance to reveal officer material, a partially operating submarine and five nurses with no where to go and causing mayhem on board, Sherman's first month at war proves to be very difficult. Once restored to seaworthy condition - barely - with only two of her four diesels operational, the Sea Tiger reaches Marinduque, where Sherman reluctantly agrees to evacuate five stranded Army nurses. Thanks to Holden, the Sea Tiger acquires enough parts for repair and their departure from the Philippines. Fortunately for the submarine commander, Holden proves to be a very effective supply officer, due to his skills as a scavenger and con artist. Unfortunately for Sherman, Holden had become a naval officer to escape poverty and find a wealthy spouse. Sherman convinces the commodore otherwise and the latter begins to replace Sherman's crew, beginning with an admiral aide with no submarine experience named Lieutenant (junior grade) Nick Holden. The submarine squadron's commodore believes there is no chance of saving the Sea Tiger and begins to transfer some of Sherman's crew to other boats. Sherman, then a Lieutenant-Commander, and his crew begin repairs, hoping to sail the Sea Tiger to Darwin, Australia. On December 10, 1941, the Sea Tiger is sunk by a Japanese air raid, while it is docked at the Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines. Because Sherman was the Sea Tiger's first commanding officer, he begins reading his old log book, which recounted the submarine's time during its first difficult month following the Japanese Navy's attack at Pearl Harbor in December 1941. Sea Tiger, an old and obsolete submarine scheduled to be sent to the scrapyard. Navy Admiral Matthew Sherman visits the U.S.S. Directed by Blake Edwards, "OPERATION PETTICOAT" is basically a flashback tale in which U.S. And I became an even bigger fan of the film than the TV series. Over a decade had past before I first saw the movie.
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