I Was a Mail Order Bride

Dec 14, 1982

1h 32m

★ 5.6

Overview

On a bet with one of his practical-joking partners, a Los Angeles lawyer responds to an ad from a pretty Chicago magazine writer offering herself as a bridal candidate as an investigative reporting assignment, and then makes another bet that he can keep the relationship platonic for two weeks.

Genres

Comedy

TV Movie

Romance

Production Companies

MGM Television

Jaffe Productions

Tuxedo Limited Productions

I Was a Mail Order Bride Trailers

Cast

Kate Tosconi

Valerie Bertinelli

Robert Fitzgerald

Ted Wass

Dottie Birmingham

Holland Taylor

Frank Tosconi

Sam Wanamaker

Judge

Jason Bernard

Baliff

Hoke Howell

Joe Kimbel

Kenneth Kimmins

Eve Wister

Karen Morrow

Rita Kimbel

Judith Baldwin

Archibald Tucker

Jack Collins

Bartender

David Chomsky

Mrs. Tucker

Marie Denn

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