Operation Mad Ball
August 17, 1957
105 minutes
6.5
ComedyWar

Operation Mad Ball

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.

Trailer
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))