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Operation Mad Ball

6.5

Comedy

War

1957-08-17

105 mins

The Plot

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.

Cast and Crew

Jack Lemmon

Pvt. Hogan

Ernie Kovacs

Capt. Paul Lock

Kathryn Grant

Lt. Betty Bixby

Arthur O'Connell

Col. Rousch

Mickey Rooney

MSgt. Yancy Skibo

Dick York

Cpl. Bohun

James Darren

Pvt. Widowskas

Roger Smith

Cpl. Berryman

William Leslie

Pvt. Grimes

Sheridan Comerate

Sgt. Wilson

L.Q. Jones

Ozark

Jeanne Manet

Madame LaFour

Marilyn Hanold

Lt. Tweedy (uncredited)

Mary LaRoche

Lt. Schmidt (uncredited)

Mary Tyler Moore

Nurse (uncredited)

Bebe Allen

Lt. Johnson (uncredited)

Richard Bull

Military Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Anna Lee Carroll

Lt. Leeming (uncredited)

Joel Collins

Collins (uncredited)

Dick Crockett

Sgt. McCloskey (uncredited)

Kort Falkenberg

Oskar (uncredited)

Ron Gans

Tinneman (uncredited)

Albert Godderis

Old Man (uncredited)

Stacy Graham

Lt. Rosedale (uncredited)

Michael Hagen

Jarvis (uncredited)

William Hickey

Sampson (uncredited)

Maithe Iragui

Odette (uncredited)

Roy Jenson

Hospital Guard (uncredited)

Betsy Jones-Moreland

Lt. Bushey (uncredited)

Henry McCann

Shorty (uncredited)

Joan McKellen

Nurse (uncredited)

David McMahon

MSgt. Pringle (uncredited)

John Mitchum

Enlisted Man (uncredited)

Patricia Morán

Lt. White (uncredited)

Dale Musselman

Sax Player (uncredited)

Bek Nelson

Nurse (uncredited)

Paul Picerni

Pvt. Bullard (uncredited)

William Pierson

Sgt. Perkins (uncredited)

Kathy Reed

Nurse (uncredited)

Otto Reichow

German Prisoner of War (uncredited)

Werner Reichow

Franz (uncredited)

Robert C. Ross

Enlisted Man (uncredited)

Eddie Ryder

Allison (uncredited)

Roy N. Sickner

Hospital Guard (uncredited)

Billy Snyder

Soldier (uncredited)

Rose Wallerstein

Guard (uncredited)

Videos & Trailers

Operation Mad Ball (1957) Original Trailer [FHD]