Operation Mad Ball

Operation Mad Ball
Directed byRichard Quine
Written byArthur Carter
Blake Edwards
Jed Harris
Produced byJed Harris
StarringJack Lemmon
Ernie Kovacs
Kathryn Grant
Arthur O'Connell
Mickey Rooney
Dick York
James Darren
Roger Smith
William Leslie
CinematographyCharles Lawton Jr.
Edited byCharles Nelson
Music byGeorge Duning
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • August 17, 1957 (1957-08-17)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.85 million (US and Canadian rentals)

Operation Mad Ball is a 1957 American military comedy from Columbia Pictures, produced by Jed Harris, directed by Richard Quine, that stars Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Kathryn Grant, Arthur O'Connell, and Mickey Rooney. The screenplay is by Blake Edwards, Jed Harris, and Arthur Carter, based on an unproduced play by Carter.