Operation Dames

{{Short description|1959 film by Louis Clyde Stoumen}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Operation Dames | image = opdamespos.jpg

| caption = Film poster by Albert Kallis | director = Louis Clyde Stoumen | producer = | writer = | based_on = | narrator = | starring = Eve Meyer<br>Chuck Henderson | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = | distributor = American International Pictures | released = {{Film date|1959}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Operation Dames''''' is a 1959 Korean War film directed by Louis Clyde Stoumen and starring Eve Meyer.<ref>Gary A. Smith, ''American International Pictures: The Golden Years'', Bear Manor Media 2013 p 104</ref> American International Pictures released the film in the United States as a double feature with ''Tank Commandos''. It was retitled '''''Girls in Action''''' for release in the Commonwealth of Nations countries, possibly to avoid a connection with the honorific title dame.

==Plot== A band of USO entertainers is trapped behind enemy lines in Korea 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

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0053142}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20140520221035/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/85822/Operation-Dames/ ''Operation Dames''] at TCMDB

Category:1959 films Category:American war films Category:Korean War films Category:American International Pictures films Category:Films scored by Richard Markowitz Category:1959 English-language films Category:1959 American films Category:1950s war films Category:American black-and-white films