I Was a Male War Bride

I Was a Male War Bride is a 1949 screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan.

I Was a Male War Bride
Theatrical poster
Directed byHoward Hawks
Screenplay byCharles Lederer
Leonard Spigelgass
Hagar Wilde
Based on"Male War Bride Trial to Army"
Baltimore Sun 1947
by Henri Rochard
Produced bySol C. Siegel
StarringCary Grant
Ann Sheridan
Marion Marshall
CinematographyOsmond Borradaile
Norbert Brodine
Edited byJames B. Clark
Music byCyril J. Mockridge
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • August 19, 1949 (1949-08-19) (Los Angeles, premiere)
Running time
105 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4.1 million (US/ Canada rentals)

The film was based on "Male War Bride Trial to Army", a biography of Henri Rochard (pen name of Roger Charlier), a Belgian who married an American nurse.

The film is about French Army officer Henri Rochard (Grant) who must pass as a war bride in order to go back to the United States with Women's Army Corps officer Catherine Gates (Sheridan).

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