The Iron Petticoat

1h 27min

Comedy

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.

Production Companies

Romulus Films

Hope Enterprises

London Films Productions

Remus

Cast

Bob Hope

Bob Hope

Captain Chuck Lockwood
Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

Captain Vinka Kovalenko
Noelle Middleton

Noelle Middleton

Lady Constance Warburton-Watts
James Robertson Justice

James Robertson Justice

Colonel Vladimir Denisovich Sklarnoff
Robert Helpmann

Robert Helpmann

Ivan Kropotkin
David Kossoff

David Kossoff

Dr. Anton Antonovich Dubratz
Alan Gifford

Alan Gifford

Colonel Newton Tarbell
Nicholas Phipps

Nicholas Phipps

Tony Mallard
Alexander Gauge

Alexander Gauge

Senator Howley
Richard Wattis

Richard Wattis

Lingerie Clerk
Tutte Lemkow

Tutte Lemkow

Sutsiyawa
Olaf Pooley

Olaf Pooley

Major Osip Feodor Ganovich

Release date

1st Sep 1956

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Italiano, English