Operation Mad Ball
It's Operation Laughter For You! and anything goes!
6.7(25) 1957-08-17 105 minComedyWar
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.
ScreenplayBlake Edwards
DirectorRichard Quine
Original Music ComposerGeorge Duning
WriterArthur Carter
WriterJed Harris
Cast & characters
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)
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Bebe Allen
as Lt. Johnson (uncredited)
Richard Bull
as Military Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Anna Lee Carroll
as Lt. Leeming (uncredited)
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Joel Collins
as Collins (uncredited)
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Dick Crockett
as Sgt. McCloskey (uncredited)
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Kort Falkenberg
as Oskar (uncredited)
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Ron Gans
as Tinneman (uncredited)
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Albert Godderis
as Old Man (uncredited)
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Stacy Graham
as Lt. Rosedale (uncredited)
