I Was a Male War Bride (1950)

Directed by

Howard Hawks

Genre

romantic comedy, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 145 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A French army officer marries an American WAC officer after World War II. To join her in the United States, he must pretend to be a female war bride.

lightheartedfast-pacedchaoticwhimsicalwittycharmingromanticfarcegender-bending

What happens

I Was a Male War Bride is a 1949 screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan. 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). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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