Operation Mad Ball

64 %|Aug 17, 1957|Comedy, War

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.

Featured Crew

Richard Quine

Director

Blake Edwards

Screenplay

Homer Van Pelt

Still Photographer

Arthur Carter

Writer

Jed Harris

Writer

Charles Lawton Jr.

Camera Operator

George Duning

Original Music Composer

Charles Nelson

Editor

Cast

Pvt. Hogan

Capt. Paul Lock

Lt. Betty Bixby

Col. Rousch

MSgt. Yancy Skibo

Cpl. Bohun

Pvt. Widowskas

Cpl. Berryman

Pvt. Grimes

Sgt. Wilson

Ozark

Madame LaFour

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)

Jarvis (uncredited)

Sampson (uncredited)

Odette (uncredited)

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)