The Iron Petticoat

Name: The Iron Petticoat
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1956-09-01
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn, Noelle Middleton, James Robertson Justice, Robert Helpmann

1956·Comedy·1h 27m

7.1

★

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.

Directed by Ralph Thomas

communism

IMDB

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Cast

Bob Hope

Captain Chuck Lockwood

Katharine Hepburn

Captain Vinka Kovalenko

Noelle Middleton

Lady Constance Warburton-Watts

James Robertson Justice

Colonel Vladimir Denisovich Sklarnoff

Robert Helpmann

Ivan Kropotkin

David Kossoff

Dr. Anton Antonovich Dubratz

Alan Gifford

Colonel Newton Tarbell

Nicholas Phipps

Tony Mallard

Paul Carpenter

Major Lewis

Sidney James

Paul

Alexander Gauge

Senator Howley

Sandra Dorne

Tityana

Crew

Ralph Thomas

Director

Ben Hecht

Screenplay

Harry Saltzman

Producer

Carmen Dillon

Art Direction

Popular Reviews

3 reviews

brunettegsundae

7.0★ · 11/18/25

It’s so weird that it turns funny, Katharine Hepburn’s accent is so camp that I really tend to believe that was the purpose, to make it caricatured. But she as a captain is something that is really worth watching
It will probably become one of those movies you put on when you just want to laugh a little and be comfortable in your blankets

Connor EverettPRO

2.0★ · 07/22/23

UGH

SofiaPRO

6.0★ · 03/08/25