Petticoat Pirates
Petticoat Pirates
87 minutes
1961
HD
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
Genres Comedy
Stars Charlie Drake, Anne Heywood, Cecil Parker, John Turner, Thorley Walters
Directors David MacDonald, Lew Schwarz, Gordon Scott, Don Banks, Gilbert Taylor
Petticoat Pirates