The Iron Petticoat
“Bob and Kate...Simply Great”
Synopsis
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.
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Edited by Frederick WilsonShot by Ernest StewardScored by Benjamin Frankel
Also known as
- Der eiserne Unterrockde
- La falda de hierroes
- Whisky, vodka et jupon de ferfr
- La sottana di ferroit
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16 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Bob Hope
as Captain Chuck Lockwood
Katharine Hepburn
as Captain Vinka Kovalenko
Noelle Middleton
as Lady Constance Warburton-Watts
James Robertson Justice
as Colonel Vladimir Denisovich Sklarnoff
Robert Helpmann
as Ivan Kropotkin
David Kossoff
as Dr. Anton Antonovich Dubratz
Alan Gifford
as Colonel Newton Tarbell
Nicholas Phipps
as Tony Mallard
Paul Carpenter
as Major Lewis
Sidney James
as Paul
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