The Iron Petticoat
“Bob and Kate...Simply Great”
1956•NR•1h 27m•5.7•Released
Comedy
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.
Director
Ralph Thomas
Writer
Ben Hecht
Languages
Italian, English
Studio
Romulus Films
Cast
Bob Hope
Captain Chuck Lockwood
Katharine Hepburn
Captain Vinka Kovalenko
Noelle Middleton
Lady Constance Warburton-Watts
James Robertson Justice
Colonel Vladimir Denisovich Sklarnoff
Robert Helpmann
Ivan Kropotkin
David Kossoff
Dr. Anton Antonovich Dubratz
Alan Gifford
Colonel Newton Tarbell
Nicholas Phipps
Tony Mallard
Paul Carpenter
Major Lewis
Sidney James
Paul
Alexander Gauge
Senator Howley
Sandra Dorne
Tityana
Richard Wattis
Lingerie Clerk
Tutte Lemkow
Sutsiyawa
Martin Boddey
Grisha
Production
Company
Romulus Films
Company
Hope Enterprises
Company
London Films Productions
Company
Remus
Producer
Harry Saltzman
Producer
Betty E. Box
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