Operation Mad Ball
17/08/1957
2h

In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as he tries to throw a party under the nose of his obnoxious commanding officer.
Cast


Jack Lemmon
Pvt. Hogan


Ernie Kovacs
Capt. Paul Lock


Kathryn Grant
Lt. Betty Bixby


Arthur O'Connell
Col. Rousch


Mickey Rooney
MSgt. Yancy Skibo


Dick York
Cpl. Bohun


James Darren
Pvt. Widowskas


Roger Smith
Cpl. Berryman


William Leslie
Pvt. Grimes


Sheridan Comerate
Sgt. Wilson


L.Q. Jones
Ozark


Jeanne Manet
Madame LaFour


Marilyn Hanold
Lt. Tweedy (uncredited)


Mary LaRoche
Lt. Schmidt (uncredited)


Mary Tyler Moore
Nurse (uncredited)
Bebe Allen
Lt. Johnson (uncredited)


Richard Bull
Military Police Sergeant (uncredited)


Anna Lee Carroll
Lt. Leeming (uncredited)
Joel Collins
Collins (uncredited)
Dick Crockett
Sgt. McCloskey (uncredited)
Kort Falkenberg
Oskar (uncredited)
Ron Gans
Tinneman (uncredited)
Albert Godderis
Old Man (uncredited)
Stacy Graham
Lt. Rosedale (uncredited)
Michael Hagen
Jarvis (uncredited)


William Hickey
Sampson (uncredited)
Maithe Iragui
Odette (uncredited)


Roy Jenson
Hospital Guard (uncredited)


Betsy Jones-Moreland
Lt. Bushey (uncredited)
Henry McCann
Shorty (uncredited)
Joan McKellen
Nurse (uncredited)


David McMahon
MSgt. Pringle (uncredited)


John Mitchum
Enlisted Man (uncredited)


Patricia Morán
Lt. White (uncredited)
Dale Musselman
Sax Player (uncredited)


Bek Nelson
Nurse (uncredited)


Paul Picerni
Pvt. Bullard (uncredited)


William Pierson
Sgt. Perkins (uncredited)
Kathy Reed
Nurse (uncredited)


Otto Reichow
German Prisoner of War (uncredited)
Werner Reichow
Franz (uncredited)
Robert C. Ross
Enlisted Man (uncredited)


Eddie Ryder
Allison (uncredited)
Roy N. Sickner
Hospital Guard (uncredited)
Billy Snyder
Soldier (uncredited)
Rose Wallerstein
Guard (uncredited)
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