Runner
2026 · Action · Comedy
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Film / 1956
The Iron Petticoat
Directed by
Ralph Thomas
Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her the bright side of capitalism, while she tries to convince him of the superiority of communism. Naturally, they fall in love, but there's still the KGB, which doesn't like the idea of having a defected Russian officer running around in London.
The story
Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her the bright side of capitalism, while she tries to convince him of the superiority of communism. Naturally, they fall in love, but there's still the KGB, which doesn't like the idea of having a defected Russian officer running around in London.
Cast
Bob HopeCaptain Chuck Lockwood
Katharine HepburnCaptain Vinka Kovalenko
Noelle MiddletonLady Constance Warburton-Watts
James Robertson JusticeColonel Vladimir Denisovich Sklarnoff
Robert HelpmannIvan Kropotkin
David KossoffDr. Anton Antonovich Dubratz
Alan GiffordColonel Newton Tarbell
Nicholas PhippsTony Mallard
Paul CarpenterMajor Lewis
Sidney JamesPaul
Alexander GaugeSenator Howley
Sandra DorneTityana
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