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Operation Mad Ball is a 1957 American military comedy from Columbia Pictures, produced by Jed Harris, directed by Richard Quine, that stars Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Kathryn Grant, Arthur O'Connell, and Mickey Rooney.
Jack Lemmon and Ernie Kovacs star as rival soldiers who try to organize a wild party in a post-WWII French hospital. The film features Mary Tyler Moore in her debut role, Sammy Davis Jr. songs, and a plot similar to Hogan's Heroes.
- (1.3K)
- Comedy, War
- Richard Quine
- 1957-08-17
A soldier plans to throw a party in a military hospital during World War II, despite his strict captain's orders. Starring Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Mickey Rooney and Kathryn Grant.
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Always one to skirt the rules, Hogan, with the help of his friend Cpl. Bohun (Dick York), cooks up a scheme to throw a clandestine ball for all the soldiers and nurses.
- (79)
- Jack Lemmon
- Richard Quine
- Columbia Pictures Corporation
A long with his fellow enlisted men and the nurses stationed at a hospital in postwar France, Private Al Hogan (Oscar® winner Jack Lemmon) has grown bored. To remedy this problem and jumpstart a romance with Army Nurse Lt. Betty Bixby (Kathryn Grant), Hogan plans to host a Mad Ball.
In post-WWII France, U.S. Army hospital Private Hogan and Captain Lock try to outwit each other on issues such as wooing pretty nurses, accounting for missing medical supplies, organizing unauthorized dances, and influencing their C.O.
