November 1, 1961
87 minutes
Comedy
Petticoat Pirates
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
Trailer
Cast
Charlie Drake
(Charlie)
Anne Heywood
(Chief Oficer Anne Stevens)
Cecil Parker
(C-in-C)
John Turner
(Lt. Michael Pattinson)
Thorley Walters
(Captain Jerome Robertson)
Maxine Audley
(Mary - Superintendent)
Eleanor Summerfield
(Chief Wren Mabel Rawlins)
Victor Maddern
(CPO Nixon)
Lionel Murton
(Admiral)
Barbara Hicks
(P.T. Instructress)
Kenneth Fortescue
(Paul Turner)
Dilys Laye
(Sue)
Penny Newington
(Elizabeth)
Michael Ripper
(Tug)
Anton Rodgers
(Alec)
Murray Melvin
(Kenneth)
Angus Lennie
(George)
Tony Hilton
(Pincher)
Michael Henry
(Jumper)
Norman Chappell
(Johnson)
James Milner
(Chips)
Diane Aubrey
(Gunnery Officer)
Daphne Jonason
(Navigation Officer)
James Villiers
(English Lieutenant)
Kim Tracy
(Mess Attendant)
Jemma Hyde
(Carole)
Susan Castle
(Mandy)
Patricia Garwood
(Wren (Linen Store))
Aleta Morrison
(Frog Girl)
Jacqueline Jones
(Frog Girl)
Diana Potter
(Frog Girl)
Priscilla Morgan
(Wren (Mess Deck))
Doreen Jones
(Wren (uncredited))
Robert Perceval
(U.S. Navy Captain (uncredited))
