Petticoat Pirates
1961Undistinguished 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
Acted in
Charlie Drake
as Charlie
Anne Heywood
as Chief Oficer Anne Stevens
Cecil Parker
as C-in-C
John Turner
as Lt. Michael Pattinson
Thorley Walters
as Captain Jerome Robertson
Maxine Audley
as Mary - Superintendent
Aleta Morrison
as Frog Girl
Murray Melvin
as Kenneth
Anton Rodgers
as Alec
Dilys Laye
as Sue
Eleanor Summerfield
as Chief Wren Mabel Rawlins
Victor Maddern
as CPO Nixon
Lionel Murton
as Admiral
Barbara Hicks
as P.T. Instructress
Kenneth Fortescue
as Paul Turner
Penny Newington
as Elizabeth
Michael Ripper
as Tug
Angus Lennie
as George
Tony Hilton
as Pincher
Norman Chappell
as Johnson
James Milner
as Chips
Diane Aubrey
as Gunnery officer
Daphne Jonason
as Navigation Officer
Diana Potter
as Frog Girl