i decide to watch this film because i love cary grant and eventually i want to see every film he make . unfortunately and this one isn not even nearly one of his best . far too much of the humor relies on the audience buying into those wonderful 1950 female stereotype . i mean and we have female army officer and nurse and act like silly little girl . it quite revolt . in other word and far from be a classic and the film feel like an unintelligent and unenlightened piece of pop trash . compare this to another cary grant film that come out the same year and north by northwest while or tony curtis some like it hot which also come out in 1959. on an intellectual and artistic level and operation petticoat doesn not begin to come close .