The Iron Petticoat
Bob and Kate...Simply Great
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
87 min
Release Date
1956-09-01
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
20
Vote Average
5.8
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
Sid James
Paul
Alexander Gauge
Senator Howley
Sandra Dorne
Tityana
Richard Wattis
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Tutte Lemkow
Sutsiyawa
Martin Boddey
Grisha
Olaf Pooley
Major Osip Feodor Ganovich
Richard Leech
Alex
Eugene Deckers
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