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The Bride Came C.O.D. ()


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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.

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Steve Collins
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Joan Winfield
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Tommy Keenan
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Lucius K. Winfield
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Allen Brice
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Peewee
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Pop Tolliver
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Sheriff McGee
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Hinkle
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Judge Sobler
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First Reporter
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Second Reporter (as Keith Douglas)
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3rd Reporter
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McGee's Pilot
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Keenan's Pilot (as DeWolf Hopper)
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Reporters' Pilot (scenesDeleted)
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Mabel - Hatcheck Girl (uncredited)
Peter Ashley ...
Reporter in Amarillo (uncredited)
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KFWB Operator #2 (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks ...
Radio Station Man in Booth (uncredited)
Bob Brossard ...
Junior Flight Officer (uncredited)
George Campeau ...
Reporter in Amarillo (uncredited)
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Steve's Airplane Date (uncredited)
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Policeman - Driver of Car #64 (uncredited)
Richard Clayton ...
Newsboy (uncredited)
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Flight Officer (uncredited)
Oliver Cross ...
Embassy Club Patron (uncredited)
Jimmy the Crow ...
Pop Tolliver's Crow (uncredited)
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Embassy Club Waiter (uncredited)
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KFWB Operator #1 (uncredited)
Tom Ferrandini ...
Embassy Club Patron (uncredited)
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Interrogating Detective (uncredited)
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Asst. Dist. Atty. Edwards (uncredited)
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Winfield's First Pilot (uncredited)
Paul Gustine ...
Embassy Club Patron (uncredited)
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Reporter #5 (uncredited)
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Embassy Club Patron (uncredited)
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Announcer (uncredited) (voice)
Charles Anthony Hughes ...
Policeman in Car #64 (uncredited)
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Winfield's Valet (uncredited)
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Announcer (uncredited) (voice)
Max Linder ...
Embassy Club Doorman (uncredited)
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Winfield's Second Pilot (uncredited)
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Embassy Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
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Reporter / Photographer #4 (uncredited)
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Reporter / Photographer #6 (uncredited)
Lee Phelps ...
Policeman at Interrogation (uncredited)
The Rogers Dancers ...
Dance Trio at Embassy Club (uncredited)
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Embassy Club Patron (uncredited)
Cliff Saum ...
Airport Mechanic (uncredited)
Garland Smith ...
Newsboy (uncredited)
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Charlie - Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Lester Towne ...
Newsboy (uncredited)
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Airline Dispatcher (uncredited)
Claude Wisberg ...
Newsboy (uncredited)
Victor Zimmerman ...
Aeronautics Division Official (uncredited)

Directed by

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William Keighley

Written by

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Kenneth Earl ... (from the story by) and
M.M. Musselman ... (from the story by)
 
Julius J. Epstein ... (screen play) and
Philip G. Epstein ... (screen play)

Produced by

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William Cagney ... associate producer
Hal B. Wallis ... executive producer

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Max Steiner

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Ernest Haller ... director of photography (as Ernie Haller)

Editing by

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Thomas Richards ... film editor

Art Direction by

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Ted Smith

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Orry-Kelly ... (gowns)

Makeup Department

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Perc Westmore ... makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Frank Heath ... assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Robert B. Lee ... sound

Special Effects by

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Byron Haskin ... special effects
Rex Wimpy ... special effects

Stunts

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Harry Froboess ... stunts (uncredited)
Paul Mantz ... stunt pilot (uncredited)
Floyd Nolta ... stunts (uncredited)
Audrey Scott ... stunt double: Bette Davis (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Leo F. Forbstein ... musical director
Hugo Friedhofer ... orchestral arrangements
Ray Heindorf ... orchestral arrangements
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Production Companies

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  • Warner Bros. (presents) (A Warner Bros.-First National Picture)

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Plot Summary

Oil heiress Joan is going to elope with bandleader Allen whom she's known four days. Out-of-money pilot Steve is going to fly them to Nevada but makes a deal with her father to deliver her home unmarried. He flies off with her, an apparent kidnaping, but is forced down in the desert. The bandleader arrives with a preacher, but their marriage (in California, not Nevada) is not valid. Pilot Steve will marry her because her father is a millionaire. Written by Ed Stephan

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Taglines She Came Collect and his heart paid the freight . . . in the year's romantic explosion ! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Fiancée contre remboursement (France)
  • Una novia contrarreembolso (Spain)
  • A Noiva Caiu do Céu (Brazil)
  • Невеста наложенным платежом (Soviet Union, Russian title)
  • Fiancée contre remboursement (Canada, French title)
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  • 92 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Although the movie was publicized as the first screen pairing of Warner Bros.'s two biggest stars, James Cagney and Bette Davis had co-starred in Jimmy the Gent (1934) seven years earlier and had wanted to find another opportunity to work together. See more »
Goofs The American Airlines plane Brice is shown boarding in Los Angeles is not the same one he gets off at Amarillo. The registration of the departing plane is NC16006. The one that arrives in Amarillo is NC21752. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975). See more »
Soundtracks Ochi Tchornya (Dark Eyes) See more »
Crazy Credits The opening credits appear on a series of luggage tags. See more »
Quotes Joan Winfield: Don't you get lonesome being here all alone?
Pop Tolliver: No, I like people. Not seeing many of 'em keeps me liking 'em.
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