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I Was a Male War Bride

Name: I Was a Male War Bride
Director: Howard Hawks
Genre: Comedy, Romance, War
Released: 1949
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, Randy Stuart, Bill Neff

After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.

1949 · Directed by Howard Hawks · 105 min · Comedy · Romance · War · 10 frames

Tagline

...and this is how SHERIDAN TOOK GRANT!

Crew

Screenplay: Charles Lederer, Leonard Spigelgass, Hagar Wilde, Howard Hawks
Cinematography: Osmond Borradaile, Norbert Brodine
Edited by: James B. Clark
Music: Cyril J. Mockridge
Produced by: Sol C. Siegel

Cast

Cary Grant as Capt. Henri Rochard
Ann Sheridan as Lt. Catherine Gates
Marion Marshall as Lt. Kitty Lawrence
Randy Stuart as Lt. Eloise Billings
Bill Neff as Capt. Jack Ramsey
Russ Conway as Cmdr. Willis - Chaplain (uncredited)
Gene Garrick as Tony Jowitt (uncredited)
William Self as Sergeant (uncredited)
Robert Adair as Col. Bliven (uncredited)
Chris Adcock as Mail Clerk (uncredited)

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: French, English, German
Studios: 20th Century Fox
Themes: romcom, love, american, war bride

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