The Iron Petticoat

1956, Movie, NR, 96 mins

The Iron Petticoat: Review

A grim, humorless attempt at recreating NINOTCHKA that gets a resounding nyet on every level. Based on a story by Harry Saltzman (producer of the James Bond films as well as countless others), Ben Hecht's script falls far short of his usual quality. Even the addition of numerous one-liners by the Hope staff writers, who were always brought in to pepper his scripts with bons mots, is no help. Hepburn and Hope were imported to England to make this picture, and how two such vet... read more leave a comment