# Operation Dames

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{{Short description|1959 film by Louis Clyde Stoumen}}
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| name           = Operation Dames
| image          = opdamespos.jpg

| caption        = [Film poster](/source/Film_poster) by [Albert Kallis](/source/Albert_Kallis)
| director       = [Louis Clyde Stoumen](/source/Louis_Clyde_Stoumen)
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| starring       = [Eve Meyer](/source/Eve_Meyer)<br>Chuck Henderson
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| distributor    = [American International Pictures](/source/American_International_Pictures)
| released       = {{Film date|1959}}
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| country        = United States
| language       = English
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'''''Operation Dames''''' is a 1959 [Korean War](/source/Korean_War) film directed by [Louis Clyde Stoumen](/source/Louis_Clyde_Stoumen) and starring [Eve Meyer](/source/Eve_Meyer).<ref>Gary A. Smith, ''American International Pictures: The Golden Years'', Bear Manor Media 2013 p 104</ref> [American International Pictures](/source/American_International_Pictures) released the film in the United States as a [double feature](/source/double_feature) with ''[Tank Commandos](/source/Tank_Commandos)''. It was retitled '''''Girls in Action''''' for release in the [Commonwealth of Nations](/source/Commonwealth_of_Nations) countries, possibly to avoid a connection with the honorific title [dame](/source/Dame_(title)).

==Plot==
A band of [USO](/source/USO) entertainers is trapped behind enemy lines in [Korea](/source/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](/source/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](/source/List_of_American_films_of_1959)

==References==
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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](/source/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

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