The Bride Came C.O.D.

Jul 12, 1941

1h 32m

★ 6.9

She Came Collect and his heart paid the freight . . . in the year's romantic explosion !

Overview

A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter and prevent her from marrying a vapid band leader.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Steve Collins

James Cagney

Joan Winfield

Bette Davis

Tommy Keenan

Stuart Erwin

Lucius K. Winfield

Eugene Pallette

Allen Brice

Jack Carson

Peewee Defoe

George Tobias

Pop Tolliver

Harry Davenport

Sheriff McGee

William Frawley

Hinkle

Edward Brophy

Judge Sobler

Harry Holman

Embassy Club Waiter (uncredited)

George Davis

Pilot

William Hopper

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