The Iron Petticoat (1956)

87 min · Komödie, comedy film

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Directors

Ralph Thomas

Cast

Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, Noelle Middleton, James Robertson Justice, David Kossoff, Robert Helpmann, Alan Gifford, Nicholas Phipps, Paul Carpenter, Alexander Gauge, Martin Boddey, Tutte Lemkow, Sidney James, Sandra Dorne, Doris Goddard

The story

Captain Vinka Kovalenko (Katharine Hepburn) lands a Soviet Air Force jet in West German territory, to the surprise of the United States Armed Forces, who take her prisoner. However, she tells them she is neither on a mission nor defecting, just upset about a personal matter back home. Capt.

Catalogue themes and tags

Affection, Communist, Enführung, Flying, Landing, Officer, Piloten, Russin, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Vernehmung, Überläufer, Romantic comedy, Romance Film, Comedy

Genres

Komödie, comedy film

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