The Iron Petticoat

January. 07,1957      NR
Rating:
5.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her the bright side of capitalism, while she tries to convince him of the superiority of communism. Naturally, they fall in love, but there's still the KGB, which doesn't like the idea of having a defected Russian officer running around in London.

Bob Hope as  Captain Chuck Lockwood
Katharine Hepburn as  Captain Vinka Kovalenko
Noelle Middleton as  Lady Constance Warburton-Watts
James Robertson Justice as  Colonel Vladimir Denisovich Sklarnoff
Robert Helpmann as  Ivan Kropotkin
David Kossoff as  Dr. Anton Antonovich Dubratz
Alan Gifford as  Colonel Newton Tarbell
Nicholas Phipps as  Tony Mallard
Sid James as  Paul
Alexander Gauge as  Senator Howley

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