The Corpse Came C.O.D.
The Corpse Came C.O.D. | |
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Directed by | Henry Levin |
Written by | Dwight V. Babcock George Bricker |
Screenplay by | Dorothy B. Hughes Jack Henley |
Based on | The Corpse Came C.O.D. 1944 novel by Jimmy Starr |
Produced by | Samuel Bischoff |
Starring | George Brent Joan Blondell Adele Jergens |
Cinematography | Lucien N. Andriot |
Edited by | Jerome Thoms |
Music by | George Duning |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Corpse Came C.O.D. is a 1947 American comedy-mystery film directed by Henry Levin, produced by Samuel Bischoff and starring George Brent and Joan Blondell. The comedic mystery is notable for featuring cameos by Hollywood gossip columnists appearing as themselves: Harrison Carroll, Jimmy Fidler, George Fisher, Hedda Hopper, Erskine Johnson, Louella Parsons, and Sidney Skolsky. The movie is based on a novel by columnist Jimmy Starr, who also appears in the movie.
Plot
Two reporters who are in love (Brent and Blondell) compete with each other when covering the story about the discovery of a corpse found at the mansion of a famous Hollywood movie actress.[1]
Cast
- George Brent as Joe Medford
- Joan Blondell as Rosemary Durant
- Adele Jergens as Mona Harrison
- Jim Bannon as Det. Lt. Mark Wilson
- Leslie Brooks as Peggy Holmes
- John Berkes as Larry Massey, Photographer
- Fred F. Sears as Det. Dave Short (as Fred Sears)
- William Trenk as Fields
- Grant Mitchell as Mitchell Edwards
- Una O'Connor as Nora
- Marvin Miller as Rudy Frasso
References
- ^ Vineyard, David L. "THE CORPSE CAME C.O.D. (1947)". Mysteryfile.com. Retrieved September 24, 2013.
External links
Categories:
- 1947 films
- 1948 films
- Columbia Pictures films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- Films set in Los Angeles
- 1940s crime comedy films
- Films scored by George Duning
- English-language films
- Films about journalists
- American crime comedy films
- American comedy mystery films
- Films produced by Samuel Bischoff
- Films based on crime novels
- 1948 comedy films
- 1947 comedy films
- Crime comedy film stubs