The Iron Petticoat

The Iron Petticoat

87 mins | Comedy | Sept. 1, 1956

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.

The Iron Petticoat

87 mins | Comedy | Sept. 1, 1956

The Iron Petticoat
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.
IMDb rating 5.1
Producers London Film Productions, Romulus Films, Hope Enterprises, Remus
Original title The Iron Petticoat
Directors Joan Davis, James H. Ware, Ralph Thomas
Writers Ben Hecht

Cast

Bob Hope

as Captain Chuck Lockwood

Katharine Hepburn

as Captain Vinka Kovalenko

Noelle Middleton

as Lady Constance Warburton-Watts

James Robertson Justice

as Colonel Vladimir Denisovich Sklarnoff

Robert Helpmann

as Ivan Kropotkin

David Kossoff

as Dr. Anton Antonovich Dubratz

Alan Gifford

as Colonel Newton Tarbell

Nicholas Phipps

as Tony Mallard

Sid James

as Paul

Alexander Gauge

as Senator Howley

Sandra Dorne

as Tityana

Richard Wattis

as Lingerie Clerk

Tutte Lemkow

as Sutsiyawa

Martin Boddey

as Grisha

Olaf Pooley

as Major Osip Feodor Ganovich

Richard Leech

as Alex

Eugene Deckers

as Bartender