Somehow or another, the sub gets painted pink in the process. Operation Petticoat is a 1959 American World War II submarine comedy film in Eastmancolor from Universal-International, produced by Robert Arthur, directed by Blake Edwards, that stars Cary Grant and Tony Curtis. I was attending the Fleet Sonar School on the base at the time and watched with great interest. All four fish passed under their targets. Required fields are marked *. Its amazing how many shows in the mid to late seventies lasted two to five episodes. The paint job was pink because it wasnt covered in the same red or white primer as the other ones. On 4 November, the submarine made a submerged approach to a two-ship convoy, but the six torpedoes that she fired missed their marks. Director Thomas Vinterberg has pulled off a fantastic job with this play, and the cast, particularly Tony Curtis and Cary Grant, are fantastic. There just seemed to be constant chaos, so this show lasted much longer than most of its competition. YTB-543. Balao (17:10) offers a nice tour of the WWII submarine used as Operation Petticoat 's "U.S.S. As the escorts actively pursued the submarine, Balao submerged to wait out the inevitable depth charges. [9], The review in Variety was typical: "Operation Petticoat has no more weight than a sackful of feathers, but it has a lot of laughs. The submarine was decommissioned on 1 August 1963, and her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register that same day. WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Curtis very much enjoyed working with Grant. About three years ago I was at a local video stop looking The truck "sinking scene" was also used in. One ship was seen down by the bow, with her stern in the air; another listed heavily; and a third was riding low in the water. With the extraordinary assistance of Filipino guerrillas, four daring raids were launched behind Japanese lines to liberate those camps. No surface contacts came during the first two weeks, but her luck changed on 27 December when two Mogami-class cruisers and two Asashio-class destroyers crossed her track. Courtesy of Naval History and Heritage Command. /*-->
