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Petticoat Pirates (1961)

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

Comedy

Petticoat Pirates

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as Chief Oficer Anne Stevens

as Lt. Michael Pattinson

Thorley Walters

Thorley Walters

as Captain Jerome Robertson

as Mary - Superintendent

Eleanor Summerfield

Eleanor Summerfield

as Chief Wren Mabel Rawlins

as P.T. Instructress

Kenneth Fortescue

Kenneth Fortescue

Penny Newington

Penny Newington

Norman Chappell

Norman Chappell

as Gunnery officer

as Navigation Officer

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Crew arrow_drop_down

David MacDonald

David MacDonald

Original Music Composer

Assistant Director

Sound Recordist

Production Manager

Second Unit Director

Doreen Dearnaley

Doreen Dearnaley

Leonard Bulkley

Leonard Bulkley

Sound Recordist

Assistant Editor

Director of Photography

Camera Operator

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