''Operation Dames'' is a 1959
Korean War
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film directed by
Louis Clyde Stoumen and starring
Eve Meyer.
[Gary A. Smith, ''American International Pictures: The Golden Years'', Bear Manor Media 2013 p 104] American International Pictures
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released the film in the United States as a
double feature
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with ''
Tank Commandos
''Tank Commando'' is a 1959 American war film produced, directed and written by Burt Topper. American International Pictures released the film as a double feature with ''Operation Dames''.
Premise
During the Italian campaign (World War II), Italia ...
''. It was retitled ''Girls in Action'' for release in the
Commonwealth of Nations
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countries, possibly to avoid a connection with the honorific title
dame
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.
Plot
A band of
USO
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entertainers is trapped behind enemy lines in
Korea
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in 1950. They include singer Lorry Evering, who, after being attacked, attracts the interest of an army sergeant who attempts to guide the group of civilians to safety.
Cast
*
Eve Meyer as Lorry
* Chuck Henderson as Jeff
* Don Devlin as Tony
* Ed Craig as Hal
* Chuck Van Haren as Billy
* Cindy Girard as Roberta
* Barbara Skyler as Marsha
* Andrew Mitchell Monro as Dinny
See also
*
List of American films of 1959
The American films of 1959 are listed in a table of the films which were made in the United States and released in 1959 in film, 1959. The film ''Ben-Hur (1959 film), Ben-Hur'' won the 32nd Academy Awards, Academy Award for Academy Award for B ...
References
External links
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''Operation Dames''at
TCMDB
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1959 films
American war films
Korean War films
American International Pictures films
Films scored by Richard Markowitz
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
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