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The Iron Petticoat

Bob and Kate...Simply Great
Sep 1, 1956 · 1h 27m
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Comedy

PLOT

Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her the bright side of capitalism, while she tries to convince him of the superiority of communism. Naturally, they fall in love, but there's still the KGB, which doesn't like the idea of having a defected Russian officer running around in London.

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CAST

Bob Hope
Captain Chuck Lockwood
Katharine Hepburn
Captain Vinka Kovalenko
Noelle Middleton
Lady Constance Warburton-Watts
James Robertson Justice
Colonel Vladimir Denisovich Sklarnoff
Robert Helpmann
Ivan Kropotkin
David Kossoff
Dr. Anton Antonovich Dubratz
Alan Gifford
Colonel Newton Tarbell
Nicholas Phipps
Tony Mallard
Directed by Ralph Thomas

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Romulus Films, Hope Enterprises, London Films Productions, Remus
Country
US, GB

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