Operation Mad Ball

Operation Mad Ball

★ 6.7IMDb Score
Released:1957-08-17
Duration:105 min
Director:Richard Quine
Actors:Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Kathryn Grant, Arthur O'Connell, Mickey Rooney
Production:Columbia Pictures

Overview:

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.

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