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The Iron Petticoat (1956)
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7 January 1957 (USA) moreTagline:
Bob and Kate...Simply Great morePlot:
Captain Vinka Kovelenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
For die-hard Hope or Hepburn fans only. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Bob Hope | ... | Major Charles "Chuck" Lockwood | |
| Katharine Hepburn | ... | Captain Vinka Kovelenko | |
| Noelle Middleton | ... | Lady Connie Warburton-Watts | |
| James Robertson Justice | ... | Colonel Sklarnoff | |
| Robert Helpmann | ... | Ivan Kropotkin | |
| David Kossoff | ... | Dr. Anton Dubratz | |
| Alan Gifford | ... | Colonel Newt Tarbell | |
| Nicholas Phipps | ... | Tony Mallard | |
| Paul Carpenter | ... | Major Lewis | |
| Sid James | ... | Paul (as Sidney James) | |
| Alexander Gauge | ... | Senator Howley | |
| Sandra Dorne | ... | Tityana | |
| Richard Wattis | ... | Lingerie Clerk | |
| Tutte Lemkow | ... | Sutsiyawa | |
| Olaf Pooley |
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87 min | UK:106 minCountry:
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Fun Stuff
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Bartender: What's your stratagy, Captain?Major Chuck Lockwood: Right now, I'm torn between suicide and desertion!
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I was born too late to appreciate Bob Hope, since his talent showed mostly in presenting and stand-up. He has mostly left behind a less-than-stellar movie career, as evidenced by his highest rated movie (in IMDb) being The Muppet Movie, and even that's not nearly high enough to be in the Top 250. I enjoyed his Fancy Pants, but I have to say that was largely due to the presence of Lucille Ball.
I am, however, a mad fan of Katharine Hepburn and eagerly devour all of her movies. But great as she is, she still has some clunkers in her repertoire, and unfortunately this is one of them.
Egads, the Russian accent. I think that once she realized how bad it sounded (not for lack of trying), she just went all out to ham up the performance. There's chemistry between the two legends that are Hepburn and Hope, but the script lets them down, and the lines mostly fall flat. It doesn't even venture into camp, in which the movie's worth a watch just because you want to see Hepburn play Chinese (Dragon Seed) or a mountain girl (Spitfire). I would pretty much only recommend this for die-hard Hope or Hepburn enthusiasts (like me).