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58% Critic Match
The Iron Petticoat
“Bob and Kate...Simply Great”
5.8 / 10• 1956• 1h 27m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Bob Hope
Captain Chuck Lockwood
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ralph Thomas's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Iron Petticoat is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
