Petticoat Pirates
Nov 01 1961
•1h 27m
•Comedy
Undistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake) helps 150 Wrens under Superintendent Maxine Audley, who've hijacked a frigate, HMS 'Huntress', to prove they're the equal of their male counterparts. Hardly a feminist masterpiece, but fans will relish the nightmare court-martial in which Drake plays all the parts
Cast
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Charlie Drake
Charlie
Anne Heywood
Chief Oficer Anne Stevens
Cecil Parker
C-in-C
John Turner
Lt. Michael Pattinson
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