Delight war comedy,easy to watch and hard to forget,a bright constellation of stars,Grant as Captain every time try put out the fire,Curtis continues set on fire,all five woman are the main reason for so many confusion on board,each one them had a special moments along the picture in the particular way a clumsy and sexy Joan O'Brien and the chemistry between O'Connell and Virginia Gregg,a everlasting funny moments with all casting,a movie to be discovery for new ones!!! Resume: First watch: 2007 / How many: 3 / Source: Cable TV-DVD / Rating: 7.5

Cary Grant and Tony Curtis teams up in this one of a kind comedy about a submarine at sea during WWII.Submarine Sea Tiger docked at harbor gets attacked by the Japanese, and nearly sinks. The newly appointed executive officer Lt. Holden (Tony Curtis) knows nothing about seamanship, but knows plenty about how to get in the back door of the supply room. The sub is ready to ship out, but not quite shipshape. While going ashore on an island, they discover American women stranded there, and brings them aboard. Plenty of mishaps, and misadventure follows the crew of the submarine. This includes being hunted by US destroyer thinking that the submarine painted in pink is an enemy vessel.This frequently seen movie never seems to get old. The humor still works in the 21st century. Performance of Cary Grant, and Tony Curtis is one of the best. Scenery set in the south pacific is also beautiful.One of the finest comedy from the '50s and one of the best comedy Cary Grant and Tony Curtis starred in.

This is a light comedy which was done the same year Tony Curtis did his impression of Cary Grant in the movie Some Like It Hot. While this movie and the other are light comedies, this one is not quite as effective because in spite of a strong cast, it does not comes off quite as well as the other film.Grant is the Captain & Curtis is his second on a Submarine which somehow happens to pick up a group of women while on a combat mission. Before all is said & done there is plenty of sexual innuendo and a freshly painted pink submarine to be sailed.This is a sexual tension comedy which offers a light look at what happens when women were brought into this type of situation in the days before equal rights. While the stereo types have changed since this was made, the comedy is OK and who could argue with a talented list of support actors including Marion Ross & Gavin Mccloud that keep this film moving.

In Tony Curtis's filmed tribute to Cary Grant for TCM he made much of his well known idolatry of the man who made him want to become an actor. As a kid growing up in the mean streets of New York, young Bernie Schwartz saw in Cary Grant all he ever wanted to be up there on the silver screen.During naval service on board a submarine in World War II he got to see Cary Grant in Warner Brothers Destination Tokyo. As Curtis said, life has a funny way of working things out. What happens; Tony Curtis gets to star with Grant years later in a World War II service comedy that is set aboard a submarine.Destination Tokyo was not one of Grant's best films, but Operation Petticoat definitely is. Right after World War II starts, Grant's new ship, the Tigerfish is sunk right in her berth in a remote Pacific Island. Grant persuades Admiral Robert Simon to make whatever repairs he can and try and get the ship back to Pearl Harbor for repairs.Among other things Grant gets is a new officer Tony Curtis who hasn't exactly seen much sea duty, but he's quite the operator. The two develop quite an interesting relationship on the voyage.And it's one thing after another on that memorable shakedown cruise back to Pearl Harbor. But Cary Grant is as unflappable and charming as ever, though even he seems a bit put out at times.There are some pretty hilarious moments in Operation Petticoat, the sinking of a truck, the painting of the Tigerfish pink and then having to leave it that way until Pearl Harbor. And who can forget how they are saved from friendly fire at the climax of the film.Operation Petticoat was one of the biggest commercial and critical hits that Cary Grant had in Hollywood. Coming right after North By Northwest it could well be argued this was the high point of his career.The film holds up very well today, I think today's audience would laugh just as hard as they did in 1959.