I Was A Male War Bride
1949
In post-World War II Germany, American Lieutenant Catherine Gates (Ann Sheridan) and French army officer Henri Rochard (Cary Grant) fall in love and marry. However, on the day they speak their "I dos," Gates's ship sets sail for the States. Rochard succeeds in getting aboard the boat as a "war bride," but, unhappily, he cannot .. Read more
| Starring | Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan, Marion Marshall, Randy Stuart |
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| Director | Howard Hawks |
| Genres | Comedy |
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In this hilarious comedy of errors, French army officer Cary Grant marries American WAC Ann Sheridan and attempts to get to the States using the “war bride” bill. Director Howard Hawks wrings every ounce of humour from this bizarre situation, making splendid use of European locations (with interiors filmed at Shepperton Studios), and his cast could scarcely be improved upon. This is one of Grant's cleverest, most subtle performances, but the breezy Sheridan is more than a match for him: just watch that timing in the “sleeplessness in the guest house” sequence, and the increasing sense of frustration as an uncredited Lionel Murton tells Grant again and again, “you can't sleep here” (the film's British release title).
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High-spirited farce against realistic backgrounds of war-torn Europe, which scarcely accord with Cary Grant's pretending to be a Frenchman (and later a Frenchwoman). Funny, though.
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Neatly reversing the usual comic model, where marriage only ever signals 'The End', this is a classic demonstration of... read more on Time Out
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Nice pace, some very funny moments
It's only a matter of time before this film is remade.
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- pinksy from Nottingham
- Posted 17 Nov 2005 10:03
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
For First-Timers.
I had this recommended to me because I'm a fan of this genre, but perhaps being a really big fan of Grant would have helped. To be honest, I kept watching thinking something really funny was coming soon, then i got to the end of the movie. I reckon that if i had never seen a Grant movie before, this would have been okay, but i kept having this feeling that i had seen it all before and more enjoyably at those times.
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very funny
this film was very funny, much better than i expected.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Nice pace, some very funny moments
It's only a matter of time before this film is remade.
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- pinksy from Nottingham
- Posted 17 Nov 2005 10:03
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
For First-Timers.
I had this recommended to me because I'm a fan of this genre, but perhaps being a really big fan of Grant would have helped. To be honest, I kept watching thinking something really funny was coming soon, then i got to the end of the movie. I reckon that if i had never seen a Grant movie before, this would have been okay, but i kept having this feeling that i had seen it all before and more enjoyably at those times.
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very funny
this film was very funny, much better than i expected.
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Critics' reviews (3)
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In this hilarious comedy of errors, French army officer Cary Grant marries American WAC Ann Sheridan and attempts to get to the States using the “war bride” bill. Director Howard Hawks wrings every ounce of humour from this bizarre situation, making splendid use of European locations (with interiors filmed at Shepperton Studios), and his cast could scarcely be improved upon. This is one of Grant's cleverest, most subtle performances, but the breezy Sheridan is more than a match for him: just watch that timing in the “sleeplessness in the guest house” sequence, and the increasing sense of frustration as an uncredited Lionel Murton tells Grant again and again, “you can't sleep here” (the film's British release title).
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High-spirited farce against realistic backgrounds of war-torn Europe, which scarcely accord with Cary Grant's pretending to be a Frenchman (and later a Frenchwoman). Funny, though.
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Neatly reversing the usual comic model, where marriage only ever signals 'The End', this is a classic demonstration of... read more on Time Out
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