The Bride Came C.O.D.

The Bride Came C.O.D.
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Directed byWilliam Keighley
Screenplay byM. M. Musselman
Julius J. Epstein
Philip G. Epstein
Story byKenneth Earl
Produced byHal B. Wallis
StarringJames Cagney
Bette Davis
Stuart Erwin
Eugene Pallette
CinematographyErnest Haller
Edited byThomas Richards
Music byMax Steiner
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • July 12, 1941 (1941-07-12)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Bride Came C.O.D. is a 1941 American screwball romantic comedy starring James Cagney as an airplane pilot and Bette Davis as a runaway heiress, and directed by William Keighley. Although the film was publicized as the first screen pairing of Warner Bros.' two biggest stars, they had actually made Jimmy the Gent together in 1934, and had wanted to find another opportunity to work together.

The screenplay was written by Kenneth Earl, M. M. Musselman, and twins Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein. The basic plot owes much to It Happened One Night, in which an heiress seeks to marry a playboy of whom her father disapproves, only to end up with a charming working man.