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Petticoat Pirates is a British film of genre Comedy directed by David MacDonald with Charlie Drake
Petticoat Pirates (1961)
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Add to a movie listLength 1h27
Directed by David MacDonald
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Rating51%
Petticoat Pirates is a 1961 British comedy film directed by David MacDonald and starring Charlie Drake, Anne Heywood, Cecil Parker, John Turner and Thorley Walters. The film had its premiere on 30 November 1961 at the Warner Theatre in London's West End.
Actors
Charlie Drake
(Charlie)
Anne Heywood
(Chief Oficer Anne Stevens)
Cecil Parker
(C-in-C)
John Turner
(Lt. Michael Pattinson)
Thorley Walters
(Captain Jerome Robertson)
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