Operation Mad Ball

Operation Mad Ball

105 mins | Comedy, War | Jan. 1, 1957

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.

Operation Mad Ball

105 mins | Comedy, War | Jan. 1, 1957

Operation Mad Ball
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title Operation Mad Ball
Directors Richard Quine
Writers Arthur Carter, Jed Harris, Blake Edwards

Cast

Jack Lemmon

as Private Hogan

Ernie Kovacs

as Capt. Paul Lock

Mickey Rooney

as MSgt. Yancy Skibo

Dick York

as Cpl. Bohun

James Darren

as Pvt. Widowskas

Kathryn Grant

as Lt. Betty Bixby

Roger Smith

as Cpl. Berryman

William Leslie

as Pvt. Grimes

Sheridan Comerate

as Sgt. Wilson

L.Q. Jones

as Ozark

Jeanne Manet

as Madame LaFour

Mary LaRoche

as Lt. Schmidt (uncredited)

Marilyn Hanold

as Lt. Tweedy (uncredited)