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Petticoat Pirates (1961)
Directed by David MacDonald
Overview
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
Length 87 minutes
Actors
Charlie Drake | Anne Heywood | Cecil Parker | John Turner | Thorley Walters | Maxine Audley | Aleta Morrison | Murray Melvin | Anton Rodgers | Dilys Laye | Eleanor Summerfield | Victor Maddern | Lionel Murton | Barbara Hicks | Kenneth Fortescue | Penny Newington | Michael Ripper | Angus Lennie | Tony Hilton | Norman Chappell | James Milner | Diane Aubrey | Daphne Jonason | Diana Potter