The Iron Petticoat

Ralph Thomas
1956-09-01

Bob and Kate...Simply Great
5.8
87 min

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

Name Character Team
Bob Hope Captain Chuck Lockwood Unowned
Katharine Hepburn Captain Vinka Kovalenko Unowned
Noelle Middleton Lady Constance Warburton-Watts Unowned
James Robertson Justice Colonel Vladimir Denisovich Sklarnoff Unowned
Robert Helpmann Ivan Kropotkin Unowned
David Kossoff Dr. Anton Antonovich Dubratz Unowned
Alan Gifford Colonel Newton Tarbell Unowned
Nicholas Phipps Tony Mallard Unowned
Sid James Paul Unowned
Alexander Gauge Senator Howley Unowned
Sandra Dorne Tityana Unowned
Richard Wattis Lingerie Clerk Unowned
Tutte Lemkow Sutsiyawa Unowned
Martin Boddey Grisha Unowned
Olaf Pooley Major Osip Feodor Ganovich Unowned
Richard Leech Alex Unowned
Eugene Deckers Bartender Unowned