
Operation Petticoat(1959)
A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.


“Why did Emily call Charlie the most immoral man she'd ever met?”
American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless and dangerous D-Day mission concocted by a deranged admiral.

James Garner
Lt. Commander Charles E. Madison

Julie Andrews
Emily Barham

Melvyn Douglas
Admiral William Jessup

James Coburn
Lt. Commander Paul "Bus" Cummings

Joyce Grenfell
Mrs. Barham

Edward Binns
Admiral Thomas Healy

Liz Fraser
Sheila

Keenan Wynn
Old Sailor

William Windom
Captain Harry Spaulding

John Crawford
Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams
The Americanization of Emily is a comedy, drama, romance, war film released in 1964 exploring themes of world war ii, omaha beach, u.s. navy, naval officer, d-day, coward. Directed by Arthur Hiller, it stars James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas. American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless and dangerous D-Day mission concocted by a deranged admiral.
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