Petticoat Pirates (1961)
1h 27m
Running Time
November 1, 1961Release Date
Petticoat Pirates (1961)
1h 27m
Running Time
November 1, 1961Release Date
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Plot.
Undistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake) helps 150 Wrens under Superintendent Maxine Audley, who've hijacked a frigate, HMS 'Huntress', to prove they're the equal of their male counterparts. Hardly a feminist masterpiece, but fans will relish the nightmare court-martial in which Drake plays all the parts
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Cast & Crew.
Charlie Drake
Charlie
Anne Heywood
Chief Oficer Anne Stevens
Cecil Parker
C-in-C
Thorley Walters
Captain Jerome Robertson
John Turner
Lt. Michael Pattinson
John Turner
Lt. Michael Pattinson
David MacDonald
Director
Maxine Audley
Mary - Superintendent
T. J. Morrison
Writer
T.J. Morrison
Writer
Aleta Morrison
Frog Girl
Murray Melvin
Kenneth
Lew Schwarz
Writer
Anton Rodgers
Alec
Gordon Scott
Producer
Don Banks
Composer
Dilys Laye
Sue
Eleanor Summerfield
Chief Wren Mabel Rawlins
Gilbert Taylor
Cinematographer
Victor Maddern
CPO Nixon
Lionel Murton
Admiral
Barbara Hicks
P.T. Instructress
Kenneth Fortescue
Paul Turner
Penny Newington
Elizabeth
Michael Ripper
Tug
Angus Lennie
George
Tony Hilton
Pincher
Norman Chappell
Johnson
James Milner
Chips
Diane Aubrey
Gunnery officer
Daphne Jonason
Navigation Officer
Diana Potter
Frog Girl
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Wiki.
Petticoat Pirates is a 1961 British comedy film directed by David MacDonald and starring Charlie Drake, Anne Heywood, Cecil Parker, John Turner and Thorley Walters. The film had its premiere on 30 November 1961 at the Warner Theatre in London's West End.
Wren Officer Anne Heywood and the 150 girls under her command are piqued. On the grounds that Wrens can do anything that men can do, at least as well or better, they demand the right to serve at sea in warships. When their request is turned down by the authorities they board a frigate, imprison the skeleton crew, and set off to sea, where they unintentionally become embroiled in a training exercise between British and US fleets..