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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.
Operation Mad Ball is sometimes called a precursor to Robert Altman's M*A*S*H (1970), but the medical unit setting is about the only common thread. The satiric black comedy M*A*S*H shows medical officers rebelling in wartime; Operation Mad Ball is among those service comedies that play it safe by having the high jinks occur in peacetime. In ...
Nov 6, 2019 · 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.
Operation Mad Ball. 1957 · 1 hr 45 min. TV-PG. Comedy. A group of enlisted men, led by Private Hogan, are tasked with planning a dance party, while trying to keep it a secret from a busy-body officer. Subtitles: English. Starring: Jack Lemmon Ernie Kovacs Kathryn Grant Arthur O'Connell Mickey Rooney Dick York James Darren.
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Overview. 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.
