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Operation Mad Ball

Operation Mad Ball1957

★6.7105 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.

Director

Writer

Blake Edwards Arthur Carter Jed Harris

Score

Stars

Jack Lemmon Ernie Kovacs Kathryn Grant

Cast46

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)
B
Bebe Allen
as Lt. Johnson (uncredited)
Richard Bull
as Military Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Anna Lee Carroll
as Lt. Leeming (uncredited)
J
Joel Collins
as Collins (uncredited)
D
Dick Crockett
as Sgt. McCloskey (uncredited)
K
Kort Falkenberg
as Oskar (uncredited)
R
Ron Gans
as Tinneman (uncredited)
A
Albert Godderis
as Old Man (uncredited)
S
Stacy Graham
as Lt. Rosedale (uncredited)
M
Michael Hagen
as Jarvis (uncredited)
William Hickey
as Sampson (uncredited)
M
Maithe Iragui
as Odette (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
as Hospital Guard (uncredited)
Betsy Jones-Moreland
as Lt. Bushey (uncredited)
H
Henry McCann
as Shorty (uncredited)
J
Joan McKellen
as Nurse (uncredited)
David McMahon
as MSgt. Pringle (uncredited)
John Mitchum
as Enlisted Man (uncredited)
Patricia Morán
as Lt. White (uncredited)
D
Dale Musselman
as Sax Player (uncredited)
Bek Nelson
as Nurse (uncredited)
Paul Picerni
as Pvt. Bullard (uncredited)
William Pierson
as Sgt. Perkins (uncredited)
K
Kathy Reed
as Nurse (uncredited)
Otto Reichow
as German Prisoner of War (uncredited)
W
Werner Reichow
as Franz (uncredited)
R
Robert C. Ross
as Enlisted Man (uncredited)
Eddie Ryder
as Allison (uncredited)
R
Roy N. Sickner
as Hospital Guard (uncredited)
B
Billy Snyder
as Soldier (uncredited)
R
Rose Wallerstein
as Guard (uncredited)

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