The Bride Came C.O.D.
She Came Collect and his heart paid the freight . . . in the year's romantic explosion !
1941 · 1h 32m · APPROVED
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
William Keighley
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.
Director and cast
- William Keighley Director
- James Cagney as Steve Collins
- Bette Davis as Joan Winfield
- Stuart Erwin as Tommy Keenan
- Eugene Pallette as Lucius K. Winfield
- Jack Carson as Allen Brice
- George Tobias as Peewee Defoe
- Harry Davenport as Pop Tolliver
- William Frawley as Sheriff McGee
- Edward Brophy as Hinkle
- Harry Holman as Judge Sobler
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